Türkiye reduces size of lira coins due to rising costs: report

ISTANBUL, April 13 (Xinhua) -- The Turkish State Mint has reduced the size of the coins of lira, the Turkish currency, to deal with the rising minting costs, local media reported on Thursday.

The one-lira and half-lira coins are now half millimeter thinner and have a different composition of copper, zinc and nickel, the NTV reported.