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April 21st 08, 11:32 PM
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Turkey question.
I found some Turkish stamps from the 40s with strange denominations: 6¾,
13½, 17½ and 27½ kurus. Can someone please explain to me the reason or necessity for such denominations. Thanks in advance. -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canada http://amedialuz.shorturl.com 
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April 22nd 08, 04:22 AM
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Turkey question.
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:32:25 -0400, "Tony Vella"
wrote: I found some Turkish stamps from the 40s with strange denominations: 6¾, 13½, 17½ and 27½ kurus. Can someone please explain to me the reason or necessity for such denominations. Thanks in advance. Tony, might they be revenue stamps? If you can post a scan, that may help even more.
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April 22nd 08, 04:47 AM
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Turkey question.
On Apr 21, 6:32 pm, "Tony Vella" wrote:
I found some Turkish stamps from the 40s with strange denominations: 6¾, 13½, 17½ and 27½ kurus. Can someone please explain to me the reason or necessity for such denominations. Thanks in advance. -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canadahttp://amedialuz.shorturl.com There were 40 paras in a kurus (piastre). Coins of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 40 paras as well as 2 1/2 kurus (100 paras) existed. You could get many fractions of a kurus. 6.75 k = 270 paras 13.50 k = 540 paras 17.50 k = 1100 paras 27.50 k = 1500 paras Blair
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April 22nd 08, 03:17 PM
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(RCSD) Turkey question. (typo correction)
On Apr 21, 6:32 pm, "Tony Vella" wrote:
I found some Turkish stamps from the 40s with strange denominations: 6¾, 13½, 17½ and 27½ kurus. Can someone please explain to me the reason or necessity for such denominations. Thanks in advance. -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canadahttp://amedialuz.shorturl.com There were 40 paras in a kurus (piastre). Coins existed of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 40 paras as well as 2 1/2 kurus (100 paras). You could get many fractions of a kurus. (1/40), (1/20), (1/10), (1/8), (1/5), (1/4), (1/2), (3/4), etc... 6.75 k = 270 paras 13.50 k = 540 paras 17.50 k = 700 paras 27.50 k = 1100 paras Blair
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