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Flokizomb Valued Member United States 81 Posts	Posted 02/21/2021 09:32 am So came across this turkey 50. Kurus error Coin. There is No 50. KURUS it is missing any ideas and maybe value ? Edited by Flokizomb 02/21/2021 10:33 am Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/21/2021 12:16 pm Guessing it's a product of a partly grease-filled die. Report this Post to the Staff
Flokizomb Valued Member United States 81 Posts	Posted 02/21/2021 1:02 pm Thanks for the idea I have another foreign coin with the same anomaly but different country currency and its missing the 5 on the Rev Thanks again for the reply Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 02/21/2021 4:02 pm KM#882. Makes me think that the '50 KURUS' may have been deliberately burnished off. Theory is supported by the fact that the sides of the leaves nearest to where the '50 KURUS' was, are also very worn down. As with Coinfrog, the possibility of a Grease Filled Die cannot be dismissed. Report this Post to the Staff
molydeii Pillar of the Community Turkey 870 Posts	Posted 02/21/2021 4:48 pm In addition to a 1 Lira coin, these coins are among the last silver coins minted for circulation in Turkey. They're .500 silver. They haven't seen much circulation though, they'd been legal tender here until 1960. They're very famous of having weakly struck "50 KURUS". Even mint state examples show some weakness in the strike. I believe it's because of the design, the "50 KURUS" design/part or whatever it is called in English, is rather thin. My guess says it's a post mint damage. Or someone thought it may be nice to remove an already weak part of a coin and makes a novelty item. Chances are, it can still be a Grease Filled Die (they're relatively common in 1940s-1950s Turkish brass coinage) but still, just like in England, error coins does not command a premium here in Turkey. Anyhow, I hope this helps a little bit. Edited by molydeii 02/21/2021 4:50 pm Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 02/21/2021 10:20 pm Reverse side (50 KURUS) would have struck up much better if the obverse fields had been very slightly scyphate (dished), instead of flat. (Much like my avatar coin) Report this Post to the Staff
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