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25 Kuruş
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 1926-1928 |
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| Currency | Old lira (1923-2005) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features an elaborate Ottoman-style calligraphic tughra-like inscription in Arabic script reading 'Türkiye Cumhuriyeti' (Republic of Turkey) rendered in flowing, interlaced calligraphy occupying the central field. To the right, a tall decorative motif composed of two crossed cereal stalks — one wheat and one rye — rises gracefully from the lower field to the upper rim, framing the inscription. The date in Eastern Arabic numerals (١٩٢٨) is inscribed below the calligraphic legend. The coin's border is defined by a continuous reeded inner rim. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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This issue belongs to Turkey's first republican coinage program, launched in 1925 as Atatürk's government moved to replace the Ottoman monetary system with a fully secular, nationally branded currency. Production was contracted to the British firm Huguenin, with dies prepared abroad — the Turkish mint infrastructure at the time was not yet capable of handling the full coinage requirement. The series ran only three years before being phased out in favor of revised types.