View source for Turkey 1947 50 kurush Fr-221

[[Image:Turkey H3064-33921o.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3064, lot 33921]]
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This specimen was lot 33921 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $384. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Republic gold 50 Kurush 1947 MS66 NGC. A nearly flawless presentation issue with full details and plenty of golden luster." This type was minted 1943-49 to the standard of the old Ottoman fifty kurush ''monnaie de luxe''. Most of these were minted with the portrait of Ataturk (KM 871) but a few were made with Ismet Inonu's bust, as here.

''Recorded mintage:'' 3,481.

''Specification:'' 3.51 g, 0.917 fine gold, AGW 0.1034 oz.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 876, Fr-221 (formerly Fr-107).

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* 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. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, ''Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018. 

''Link to:''
* [[Turkey 1928 50 kurush]]
* [[Turkey 1923(23) 100 kurush|1923(23) 100 ''kuruş'']]
* [[Turkey 1923(23) 500 kurush|1923(23) 500 ''kuruş'']]
* [[Turkey 1947 500 kurush Fr-218|1947 500 ''kuruş'', Ismet Inonu]]
* [[Turkey 1948 1/2 kurush|1948 ½ ''kuruş'']]
* [[Turkey 1948 2-1/2 kurush|1948 2½ ''kuruş'']]
* [[Turkey 1948 lira|1948 lira]]
* [[Turkey 1923(39) 50 kurush|1923(39) 50 ''kuruş'', Ataturk]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1947]]
* return to coins of [[Turkey]]

[[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3064]]