View source for Turkey 2002 10000000 lira KM-1170

[[Image:SB525-75810o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers May 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 75810]]
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This specimen was lot 75810 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Turkey|TURKEY]]. 10000000 Lira, 2002. Istanbul Mint. PCGS PROOF-63 Deep Cameo." The extremely high denomination of this NCLT is a result of the worthlessness of the Turkish lira. Until 1960, US$1 = 2.8 lira, then US$1 = 9 lira until 1970, then by 2001, US$1 = 1,250,000. The slide was arrested briefly in 2005, when a new lira was introduced (1 new lira = 1,000,00 old lira) but resumed in 2018. At present (July 2025), US$1 = 40.5 lira. Wikipedia comments, "Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (Persian: جلال‌الدین محمّد رومی), or simply Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century poet, Hanafi faqih (jurist), Maturidi theologian and Sufi mystic born during the Khwarazmian Empire."

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specifications'': 31.47 g, 0.925 fine silver, 38.61 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference'': KM-1170.

''[[Bibliography|Sources]]'':
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Turkey 2001 50000000 lira Fr-275|2001 50,000,000 lira, golden eagle]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 2002]]

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