By Ellen Nye and David Yoon for American Numismatic Society (ANS) …… In August 2018, as the country of Turkey faced a currency crisis, its president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for people to convert their dollars or euros into Turkish lira. The Turkish lira had dropped by almost 50% against the dollar in the previous […]
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