Ataturk Driving Tractor 10 Kuruş Turkey Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making (Plow is Better than Sword)
Ataturk Driving Tractor 10 Kuruş Turkey Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making ("Plow is Better than Sword") Commemorative issue FAO - Agricultural Progress Series Obverse Close-up of Atatürk driving a tractor to right NOTE: KM#898.1 is thicker, 3.5 g KM#898.2 is thinner, 2.5 g Lettering: Turkiye Cumhuriyeti ATATÜRK "Saban kılıçtan üstündür" Translation: Republic of Turkey; Ataturk; "The Plow is Better than the Sword" [Ataturk: "An arm that fights with a sword gets tired and as soon as it puts the sword back in its sheath, it is most probably doomed to get rusty and moldy. But an arm that uses a plow gets stronger each day and with more strength it gets more land."] Reverse: Oat stalks divide value and date Lettering: 10 KURUŞ Features Issuer Turkey Period Republic (1923-date) Type Circulating commemorative coin Years 1971-1974 Value 10 Kuruş (0.10 TRL) Currency Old lira (1923-2005) Composition Bronze Weight 3.5 g Diameter 21 mm Thickness 1.4 mm Shape Round Technique Milled