Turkish Currency

To the dismay of the European Central Bank, the sizes and compositions of the 50 new kuruş and 1 new lira coins clearly resemble those of the €1 and €2 coins respectively. (See comparison photo in [2] of YTL 1 coin and €2 coin.) This could cause confusion in the eurozone. It also caused trouble to businesses using vending machines (particularly at airports) in the eurozone since a number of vending machines at the time accepted the 1 new lira coin as a €2 coin. Since €2 is worth roughly four times more, vending machines affected had to be upgraded at the expense of their owners.

[edit]Since 2009

From 1 January 2009, the "new" was removed from the second lira, its official name in Turkey becoming just "lira" again; new coins without the word "yeni" were introduced in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 kuruş and 1 lira. Also, the inner and outer alloys of the 50 kuruş and 1 lira coins were reversed.

Turkish Lira coins after 2009
Image		Value	Technical parameters				Description			Date of
Obverse	Reverse		Diameter	Thickness	Mass	Composition	Edge	Obverse	Reverse	first minting	issue
		1 kuruş	16.5 mm	1.35 mm	2.2 g	70% copper 30% zinc	Plain	Value, motif, year of minting	"TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ", Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	2008	1 January 2009
		5 kuruş	17.5 mm	1.65 mm	2.9 g	65% copper 18% nickel 17% zinc	Plain	Value, motif, year of minting	"TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ", Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	2008	1 January 2009
		10 kuruş	18.5 mm	1.65 mm	3.15 g	65% copper 18% nickel 17% zinc	Plain	Value, motif, year of minting	"TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ", Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	2008	1 January 2009
		25 kuruş	20.5 mm	1.65 mm	4 g	65% copper 18% nickel 17% zinc	Reeded	Value, motif, year of minting	"TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ", Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	2008	1 January 2009
		50 kuruş	23.85 mm	1.9 mm	6.8 g	Outer ring: 65% copper 18% nickel 17% zinc Inner part: 79 % copper 4% nickel 17% zinc	Reeded	Value, Istanbul, suspension bridge, year of minting	"TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ", Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	2008	1 January 2009
		1 lira	26.15 mm	1.9 mm	8.2 g	Outer ring: 79% copper 4% nickel 17% zinc Inner part: 65% copper 18% nickel 17% zinc	T.C. letters and tulip figure	Value, motif, year of minting	"TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ", Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	2008	1 January 2009
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table.