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1000 Turkish Lira

Postby fb101 » Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:51 pm

I picked up a 1990 1000 Turkish Lira coin in rejects; anybody know what it's made of or anything about it?
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Re: 1000 Turkish Lira

Postby Country » Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:57 pm

Copper-Zinc-Nickel, KM-997... :)
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Re: 1000 Turkish Lira

Postby aloneibreak » Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:58 pm

my book says copper-zinc-nickel

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Re: 1000 Turkish Lira

Postby Thogey » Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:09 pm

By 1997 a 50,000 lira was a 1.5g Al coin.

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Re: 1000 Turkish Lira

Postby JadeDragon » Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:20 am

A few years back (maybe 8 years) I picked up and framed a $1 million note while visiting Turkey. Figured I should frame my first million :) It was worth a buck back then... not sure today.
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Re: 1000 Turkish Lira

Postby Thogey » Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:22 am

JadeDragon wrote:A few years back (maybe 8 years) I picked up and framed a $1 million note while visiting Turkey. Figured I should frame my first million :) It was worth a buck back then... not sure today.


What's it like..in Turkey?
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Re: 1000 Turkish Lira

Postby AGgressive Metal » Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:09 pm

The new Lira is reasonably strong. Maybe they learned their lesson. Current rate is $1 USD = 1.57190 TRY
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Re: 1000 Turkish Lira

Postby Copper Catcher » Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:01 pm

JadeDragon wrote:A few years back (maybe 8 years) I picked up and framed a $1 million note while visiting Turkey. Figured I should frame my first million :) It was worth a buck back then... not sure today.



JadeDragon did you visit the ruins of Ephesus while you were there?
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Re: 1000 Turkish Lira

Postby JadeDragon » Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:25 pm

I did go to E
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JadeDragon wrote:A few years back (maybe 8 years) I picked up and framed a $1 million note while visiting Turkey. Figured I should frame my first million :) It was worth a buck back then... not sure today.



JadeDragon did you visit the ruins of Ephesus while you were there?


I did visit Ephesus as well as Istanbal, Thermal, Capadosia, and Pergomam (spelling). It was a fast moving self directed trip. The Turkish people I met were super helpful and friendly. One guy I stopped on the street for directions actually walked me three block to the hotel I was trying to find.

One of the highlights was visiting the theater where Paul's friends were dragged before the mob and reading the story right where it happened. I also covertly entered the ruins of St John's church where legend says John is buried under the former alter. The The temple of Artemis in Ephesus is just a ruin now, but it was a very large structure in it's day.

The rock houses of Cappadocia were amazing too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappadocia
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Re: 1000 Turkish Lira

Postby Rexor » Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:55 pm

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