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150 Lira World Cup Argentina '78
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 1978 |
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| Weight | 9 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a football player executing a bicycle kick, body fully extended in mid-air with the ball at his foot, positioned before a goalkeeper and a net rendered in fine relief. The scene is divided by a vertical goalpost, with the pitch and netting rendered in detailed low relief on either side. The circular legend TURKIYE CUMHURIYETI arcs around the upper periphery, with the engraver's name ERKARTI inscribed in the lower field. The composition is enclosed within a plain inner border and a reeded outer rim. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Turkey issued this coin as part of the wave of FIFA World Cup commemoratives that swept through peripheral football nations in the late 1970s — countries with little connection to the tournament itself but eager to participate in the global silver commemorative market that the 1978 Argentina competition generated. The tournament itself was deeply controversial: hosted by a military junta that had seized power in 1976, it was later documented that the regime used the event as a propaganda exercise, with allegations of match-fixing surrounding Argentina's crucial 6–0 victory over Peru.
KM#917 is a one-year type with no follow-on issues in the series.