Turkey 1982 100000 lira

Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 52637

This specimen was lot 52637 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $3,600. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TURKEY. 100000 Lira, 1982. PCGS PROOF-67 Deep Cameo. Featuring the seal of Muhammad and celebrating 15 centuries of Islam, this specimen radiates with great brilliance in the fields." As inflation ground away at the value of the Turkish lira, officials resorted to ever higher face value NCLT's to market their commemoratives.

Recorded mintage: 6,393 per the auctioneers, 12,000 per the SCWC.

Specification: 33.82 g, 0.917 fine gold, 1.00 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: formerly Fr-120; KM-956.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• 1981 lira
• 1982 3000 lira, International Year of the Scout
• 1984 500 lira, World Fisheries Conference
• 1984 50,000 lira, UN Decade for Women
• Coins and currency dated 1982