According to CHP Uşak Deputy Özkan Yalım’s claim, the Central Bank started preparations for 1000 TL banknotes and 10 TL coins. The claim became the new agenda of social media.
While the value of the Turkish lira continued to decline against the foreign currency, a record-breaking record was broken in inflation with the effect of the foreign currency. While inflation continues to affect our lives, with the depreciation of TL in the past weeks, 500 TL banknotes will be printed claim had come to the fore. While it was shared that the claim that created the agenda was not true, another big claim came today.
According to the allegation made by the Republican People’s Party Uşak Deputy Özkan Yalım, the depreciation of TL and the increase in coin costs with the rise in foreign currency prompted the Central Bank to act. Yalım suggested that the Central Bank and the Mint are in new preparations for both coins and paper money. According to Yalım’s statement, very soon 500 and 1000 TL banknotes and 2.5, 5 and 10 TL coins may enter into circulation:
“Work is underway for 500 and 1000 TL banknotes”
“The coins in circulation are no longer of any use. In our country, where a loaf of bread is sold for 4-5 liras, 1 TL, 5, 10 and 25 kuruş should be put out of circulation. The MB is working to get these coins out of circulation, to print new 500 and 1000 lira paper banknotes, and to make 2.5 lira, 5 lira and 10 lira coins.”
Minting coins tens of times their own value:
According to Yalım, the cost of minting coins today is as follows:
- 1.56 TL for 5 cents,
- 1.70 TL for 10 cents,
- 2.16 TL for 25 cents,
- 3.66 TL for 50 cents,
- For 1 TL, 4.42 TL of raw metal expenditure is made.
Moreover, according to Yalım’s claim, the newly minted coins were issued as soon as they left the mint. melted and sold to scrap dealers.
The cost of paper money is transferred as follows:
- £0.30 for 5 TL (6.60 TL),
- £0.35 for 10 TL (7.70 TL),
- £0.52 for 100 TL (11.44 TL)
- For 200 TL, 0.57 pounds (12.54 TL) is spent.
The new claim became the agenda of social media:
The new claim, brought to the agenda by Yalım, found an echo on social media in a short time. The reactions from those who saw the allegation were as follows:
