Bogos Tarkulyan - Turkish Republican Money Bogos Tarkulyan was the photographer whose work is the basis for the Atatürk portraits used on first emission 50, 100, 500 and 1.000 Lira banknotes of 1927. The portraits were eventually made by Ali S...

The portrait is engraved after the photo taken at Photo Phebus, run by #BogosTarkulyan
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Ali Sami Boyar (1880 ~1967) - Turkish Republican Money Ali Sami Boyar is the designer of the first emission banknotes released in 1927 (*5 Sf.6). He studied arts during middle school and later at the Naval Academy. Graduated the Naval Academy in 1901 and ...

#AliSamiBoyar was the painter who also designed stamps for the #TurkishRepublic
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Republic of Turkey, 1st emission 100 Lira banknote front face bearing a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

The first banknotes of #TurkishRepublic were released in 1927. The first emission consists of 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 and 1.000 Lira banknotes, all designed by #AliSamiBoyar. 1.000, 500 and 100 Lira notes bear the portrait of Mustafa Kemal #Atatürk

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Ahmet Mesrur Durum (1873 ~ 1952) - Turkish Republican Money Designer of the last coins of the Ottoman Empire and also the first coin series of the Turkish Republic minted between 1924 – 1928. Also known as Mesrur İzzet Bey, he has been serving the Istanbul Min...

#mesrurizzet was the designer of the last coins of the #OttomanEmpire and also the first coin series of the #TurkishRepublic minted between 1924 – 1928. and also of the Turkish Medal of Independence.
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25 Kurush nickel coin struck between 1925 and 1928. due to its large size nicknamed the buffalo eye by the public. The obverse bears a calligraphic inscription of Türkiye Cumhuriyeti in Arabic text and the date in eastern arabic numerals

25 Kurush nickel coin struck between 1925 and 1928. The reverse bears the denomination 25 Kurush with eastern arabic digits and the unit inscribed in arabic letters

The fourth and the last coin of the series is the Nickel 25 Kr. released into circulation in 1925 and nicknamed the buffalo eye(manda gözü in Turkish)

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100 Para coin from 1924. equal to two and half kurush (1 Kr = 40 Para)

the third and smallest of the series was the 100 Para (equal to two and a half Kr)

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5 Kurush coin of 1924 to 1928. inscribed in Arabic because Turkey switched to the new Turkish alphabet later in 1928

The second piece of the same series was the 5 Kurush released in the same year. Its design is very similar to the 10 Kr but the diameter is 22,5 mm and weight is 4 grams

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Obverse of a coin of the early period of the Turkish Republic. "Türkiye Cumhuriyeti" (Republic of Turkey) inscribed in Arabic text and dated in Rumi Calendar as 1340 (1924 AD)

Reverse of a 10 Kurush coin of the early period of the Turkish Republic. "Khurush" inscribed in Arabic text and denomination of 10 is also in Eastern Arabic Numerals

The first coin of the #TurkishRepublic was 10 Kuruş released into circulation in924 (1340 Rumi). It was designed and engraved by #mesrurizzet. Same design was minted in 1341, 1926 and also 1928. Struck in aluminium bronze, their diameter is 27 mm and weight 7,5 grams

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