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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ErolGarip, post: 2812496, member: 88736&quot;]Since I am not a coin collector I am not knowledgable about any old coins including old coins here in Turkey. I know of only circulating coins in my life. In my childhood, late 1960s, fully circulating smallest coin was 5 kurus and after new currency in 2005, again fully circulating smallest coin is 5 kurus. Yes, there is also 1 kurus now, but, it is not really fully circulating, except some atm machines give it when you pay electricity etc bill. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, I don&#039;t remember any aluminum 1 kurus coin in my life. I just checked on the net, it was minted in late 1970s, but, I didn&#039;t see it then. So, it was minted a few, as commemorative coin partially circulated probably in some big cities like Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, the cities where I was not in then. If there is any today, antique shop and a coin dealer here in this small town most likely have some. I&#039;ll keep it in my mind. Sometimes when I wander around, also in local bazaar, I see some people selling various old things including old coins, I may buy a coin or two for you. </p><p><br /></p><p>I too am wondering a thing, whether 1 yen is really fully circulating in Japan and also 1 cent in USA or not. My main interest here&nbsp; is current stiuation of circulating coins in the world.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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