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25 Kuruş
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 1944-1946 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The central field features the Turkish national symbols: a large crescent open to the right with a five-pointed star to its left, both rendered in low relief against a plain field. The circular legend TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ (Republic of Turkey) runs around the periphery in Latin characters, and the design is bounded by a beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Turkey's wartime neutrality came at a price. The brass-heavy alloy shift across the coinage of this period reflects the near-total disruption of metals supply chains as European trade routes collapsed after 1940. Nickel brass was a pragmatic substitution, not a stylistic one.
KM#880 is modestly scarce in uncirculated condition — not because mintages were low, but because wartime Turkey had little reason to hoard small change.