Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
200 000 Lira Architect Sinan
| Issuer | Turkey |
|---|---|
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 200 000 Lira (200 000 TRL) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a detailed relief depiction of the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, the masterwork of Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan, set within an ogival arch-shaped inner border. To the lower left, an ornate Ottoman tughra cartouche bears the dates '1588-1988', commemorating the 400th anniversary of Sinan's death. Trees and secondary architectural elements flank the mosque composition. The curved legend 'MİMAR SİNAN 400. ANMA YILI' arcs along the upper periphery of the coin. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Mimar Sinan died in 1588, making this a quatercentenary issue — four hundred years after the death of the chief Ottoman architect responsible for over 300 structures, including the Süleymaniye and Selimiye mosques. Turkey's commemorative gold program of the late 1980s was issued in limited proof strikes through the Turkish State Mint in Istanbul, with distribution handled largely through numismatic channels rather than circulation.