Tag: Turkey
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2012 Turkey 25 Kuruş
A decorative Turkish coin Turkey (Turkey, shown on a globe, from Wikipedia). Last time we looked at a Turkish coin, a 1960 5 Kuruş, we covered the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire after WW1, the renaming of the capital Constantinople to Istanbul in 1930, and the importance of the star and crescent to the country.…
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1988 Turkey İ.E.T.T. Tünel token
A token to ride the shortest subway in the world This is my entry for Day 20 “T” of the Blogging from A-Z April Challenge!T = Turkey. Obverse This is a token of the İETT, short for İstanbul Elektrik Tramway ve Tünel (Istanbul Electric Tram and Subway). The public transport operator in Istanbul, capital city of…
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1913 Ottoman Empire 20 Para Passage Token
An early 20th century bridge token from a fascinating city. This is my entry for Day 15, “O” of the Blogging from A-Z April Challenge!O = Ottoman Empire. Obverse We have covered pieces from Istanbul previously, from a Byzantine Follis issued in the sixth century (when the city was known as Constantinople) to a more modern…
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1960 Turkey 5 Kuruş
A little oak leaf Obverse Following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire after WWI, the land was split into a number of countries. The north-western part of the former empire became Turkey. The Ottoman capital Constantinople became the Turkish capital and was renamed Istanbul in 1930. I wrote a little more on the capital in…