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50 Kuruş
| Issuer | Turkey State Mint (Darphane) |
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| Year | 1971-1979 |
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| Value | 50 Kuruş (0.50 TRL) |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing bust of an Anatolian bride rendered in high relief, wearing an ornate traditional headdress adorned with a decorative crown piece, floral rosette ornament at the temple, and elaborate braided veiling cascading over the shoulders. The effigy occupies the majority of the field, conveying fine ethnographic detail in the costume and hair. The circular legend TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ (Republic of Turkey) is inscribed along the periphery. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Acmonital — a stainless steel alloy developed in Italy — was adopted by Turkey in the early 1970s as chronic inflation eroded the economics of striking coins in anything more valuable. The shift was abrupt and practical: older silver kuruş issues had already been debased through the 1950s and 60s, and by 1971 the metal cost of a silver-content coin had begun approaching face value. Acmonital solved the problem cheaply, if inelegantly.
Dies for this series were notorious for uneven hardness against the alloy's resistance, shortening working die life considerably compared to earlier cupro-nickel issues.