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Gold Coins of Turkey

Some of the Earliest Gold Coins Were Made in Turkey
The world's first coins were Greek coins made in Lydia about 640 BC, but the area of Lydia is now in present day Turkey, so that the relationship between Turkey and gold coins dates back over 2,000 years.

A Variety of Denominations

With this long history, it is no surprise that Turkey has produced many different denominations of gold coins, which include Sultani, Serifi, Yarim, Cifte, Tek, Istanbul, Dort, Luk, Onluk, Altin, Mahbub, Piastres and Lire.

	Turkey 50 Kurush
	Turkish 50 Kurush / Piastres coins available here.
Turkey 50 Kurush

	Turkey 100 Kurush
	Turkish 100 Kurush / Piastres coins available here.
Turkey 100 Kurush

	Turkey 10,000 Lira
	Turkish 10,000 Lira coins available here.
Turkey 10,000 Lira

	2001 Turkish 50 Million Lira
	Turkish 50,000,000 Lira coins available here.
2001 Turkish 50 Million Lira

A Neglected Series

Because of the use of the Arabic style Turkish inscriptions of most earlier Turkish coins, most western coin collectors ignore Turkish gold coins. Modern Turkish coins are not much easier to identify either. This means that any collectors of Turkish coins should be able to find many relatively cheap Turkish coins, which may include rare and potentially valuable items, provided he is prepared to do more research than the average collector.

Turkish Gold Coins

As Turkish coins are not within our main areas of specialisation, any of our cataloguing of Turkish gold coins may be in error. It also means that most of our Turkish gold coins will be offered by type, and will be quite reasonably priced. We give brief specifications for some of the most recent and commonly encountered Turkish gold coins, followed by a stocklist of any Turkish gold coins we have for sale.

Denominations

The names kurush and piastre are interchangeable. Some catalogues show denominations in kurush, others in piastres. They are both the same.

Monnaies de Luxe
Since 1899 Turkey has issued some monnaies de luxe. These were intended for presentation purposes or jewellery. They are issued at a slightly lower weight than their normal counterpart denominations, but the same alloy fineness, and of larger diameter but thinner, and from more ornate dies. We will denote these below by the abbreviation MDL.

Specifications

Technical specifications of the most frequently encountered Turkish gold coins.

Denomination	Diameter	Weight	Alloy	AGW
500 Piastres / Kurush	34	39.0800	0.9166	1.0638
500 Piastres / Kurush MDL	44.5	7.2160	0.9166	0.2126
250 Piastres / Kurush	27	18.0400	0.9166	0.5319
250 Piastres / Kurush MDL	39.5	17.5400	0.9166	0.5172
100 Piastres / Kurush	22	7.2160	0.9166	0.2126
100 Piastres / Kurush MDL	30	7.0160	0.9166	0.2069
50 Piastres / Kurush	17.8	3.6083	0.9166	0.1064
50 Piastres / Kurush MDL	22	3.5080	0.9166	0.1034
25 Piastres / Kurush	14.6	1.8041	0.9166	0.0532
25 Piastres / Kurush MDL	17.7	1.8041	0.9166	0.0532
10,000 Lire	26.5	17.00	0.900	0.4900
50,000 Lire	26.5	7.96	?	?
7,500,000 Lire	13.92	1.24	0.999	0.0398
50,000,000 Lire	25	7.78	0.750	0.1876

Key

Denomination = Face Value
Diameter = Approximate Diameter in millimetres.
Weight = Weight in grams.
Alloy = Fineness of gold.
AGW = Actual fine gold weight in troy ounces.
MDL = Monnaie de Luxe
Piastres = Kurush

Postage & Packing

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USA Insured Shipping $20 per order

Turkish Silver and Base Metal Coins
For silver and base metal coins of Turkey, please look at our original Chard Coins website.

Coins Wanted
We make an active market in almost all world coins, gold or otherwise, including Turkish gold coins. If you have any of these coins to sell, please contact us, or post them to us for appraisal and offer.

Obverse of Turkish 100 Piastres of Abdul Hamid II

Hejira Date 1327 = 1909 AD

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Reverse of Turkish 100 Piastres

Reverse of Turkish 100 Piastres of Abdul Hamid II

Hejira Date 1327 = 1909 AD

Obverse of 1973 500 Lire

Obverse of 1965 50 Kurush

Reverse of 1965 250 Kurush

Obverse of 1965 250 Kurush

Reverse of 1965 250 Kurush

Obverse of 1973 500 Lire

Reverse of 1973 500 Lire

Kemal Ataturk on Obverse of 1968 100 Kurush Monnaie de Luxe

Reverse of 1968 100 Kurush Monnaie de Luxe

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