View source for Turkey 1978 1000 lira

[[Image:Turkey 1978 1000 lira obv Heritage 3004-22802.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3004, lot 22802]]
[[Image:Turkey 1978 1000 lira rev Heritage 3004-22802.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]

This specimen was lot 22802 in Heritage sale 3004 (New York, January 2009), where it sold for $1,035. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Republic gold 1000 Lira 1978, Proof 67 NGC, FAO issue, only 650 minted. Very scarce type featuring an Anatolian bride on the obverse."  The F.A.O. issue also extended to a ten kurus (KM 925, bronze), fifty kurus (KM 936, stainless steel) and a five lira (KM 928, stainless steel). There may be others but the SCWC does not give pictures for all of them, including this one.

''Recorded mintage:'' 650.

''Specification:'' 16 g, 0.917 fine gold, .471 troy oz AGW. 

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-224 (formerly Fr-114), KM 922.  

''[[Bibliography|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Tucker, Warren, and Scott Cordry, ''Heritage Signature Auction 3004: World Coins,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2008.

''Links to:''
* [[Turkey 1964 250 kurush|1964 250 kurush "monnaie de luxe"]]
* [[Turkey 1970 2-1/2 lira|1970 2½ lira]]
* [[Turkey 1978 500 lira KM-920|1978 500 lira F.A.O.]]
* [[Turkey 1978 500 lira KM-921|1978 500 lira, Death of Rumi]]
* [[Turkey 1978 1000 lira KM-923|1978 1000 lira, death of Rumi]]
* [[Turkey 1979 150 lira|1979 150 lira, Anatolian bride]]
* [[Turkey 1979 500 lira KM-930|1979 500 lira, Anatolian bride]]
* [[Turkey 1979 500 lira KM-931|1979 500 lira, Year of the Child]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1978]]
* return to coins of [[Turkey]]

[[Category:F.A.O. series coinage]][[Category: Selections from Heritage sale 3004]]