Turkish lira

The first Turkish lira
In 1922-23 a new coinage of aluminium-bronze 2 1⁄2, 5 and 10 cents and nickel 25 cents was introduced. These were the last Turkish coins written in the Arabic script.

In 1934, silver coins worth 1 lira were issued, and the following year a new coin was issued consisting of copper-nickel 1, 5 and 10 kuruş, silver 25 and 50 kuruş and 1 Turkish lira. The aluminum-bronze 1⁄4 kuruş coins were the last coins to have this value between 1940 and 1942. Nickel-brass coins replaced silver at 25 cents in 1944, while brass introduced between 1947 and 1949 was replaced by 1, 2 1⁄2, 5, 10, and 25 cents. Silver 50 kuruş and 1 lira were put into circulation in 1948, copper-nickel 1 lira in 1957.

Between 1958 and 1963, bronze 1, 5, and 10 cents and steel 25 cents, 1 and 2 1⁄2 pounds were introduced, followed by steel 50 cents and 5 pounds in 1971 and 1974. Aluminum replaced bronze in 1975. These coins were minted until 1980.

In 1981, 1, 5 and 10 lira aluminum coins were