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25 Lira
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 1985-1989 |
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| Weight | 2.85 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk facing left, rendered in moderate relief with fine hair detail. The portrait occupies the central field, truncated at the neck. The circular legend TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ (Republic of Turkey) runs along the upper and right periphery in Latin characters, with a dot separating the end of the inscription at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ (Translation: REPUBLIC OF TURKEY) |
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Turkey's aluminum coinage of the mid-1980s was a direct consequence of the 1980 military coup and the economic liberalization program imposed under General Kenan Evren's junta, which handed monetary policy to the IMF and World Bank. Chronic inflation — running above 30–40% annually through much of the decade — meant the 25 Lira was effectively worthless before the series even concluded. The Etial 30 alloy, a Soviet-developed aluminum specification, was chosen purely for its negligible raw material cost.