Republic of Turkey. 5 Kurush Rumi years 1340-1341 (1924-1925 AD) (No reserve price)

Republic of Turkey.
Rumi years 1340-1341 (1924-1925 AD).
5 Kurush (Copper, 21 mm, 4 g).

Obv: جمهوريتى توركيه ("Republic of Turkey"). Ear of wheat curving around the legend from the right; date below. Beaded border.
Rev: ٥ / غروش ("5 Kurush"). Crescent and star above; oak branch with acorns to right. Beaded border.

Reference: KM 831; Schön 352.1.

The Republic of Turkey was proclaimed on 29 October 1923, after the War of Independence and the abolition of the Ottoman sultanate the year before. Under Law No. 411 of 1924 the new state issued its first coins, still in Arabic script and dated by the Rumi calendar, with wheat, oak and the crescent and star in place of the sultan's toughra. After the Latin alphabet was adopted in 1928, this first republican series was withdrawn from circulation in 1935.

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