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50 Kurus
| Issuer | Northern Cyprus |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Currency | Lira |
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| Reverse description | The brass centre features an elaborate stylized snowflake or native botanical motif rendered in high relief, its branching foliate arms radiating symmetrically outward to fill the inner disc. The copper-nickel outer ring is largely plain, with the denomination legend 'ELLİ KURUŞ' incused in bold Latin capitals along the lower exergual area of the ring. |
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| Mintage | 2010 |
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Northern Cyprus has operated under a unique monetary arrangement since the Turkish military intervention of 1974 — the territory is recognized as a sovereign state only by Turkey, which has complicated every aspect of its financial infrastructure. These coins circulate domestically alongside Turkish Lira, functioning as local small change in a jurisdiction most international bodies treat as legally nonexistent. The X# prefix in standard references signals that this issue falls outside mainstream world coin cataloging, classified among "unofficial" or unrecognized-state issues.