Catalog
1 Lira
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 1927 |
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| Currency | Old lira (1923-2005) |
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| Obverse lettering | تُّورْكِيَّة جُمْهُورِيَّة 1 LIVRE TURQUE ١ تورُكَُ ليرَاسُٖى (Translation: Republic of Turkey, 1 Turkish Lira) |
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| Reverse lettering | تُّورْكِيَّة جُمْهُورِيَّة 1 LIVRE TURQUE ١ تورُكَُ ليرَاسُٖى (Translation: Republic of Turkey, 1 Turkish Lira) |
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Turkey's first post-Ottoman national currency series was contracted to Thomas De La Rue in London — a politically significant outsourcing decision for a republic barely four years old and still building its central banking infrastructure. The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey did not yet exist in 1927; that institution was established in 1930, meaning these notes were issued under the authority of the Ministry of Finance directly.
P#119 is among the scarcer denominations of the series. The newly latinized Turkish alphabet, officially adopted in 1928, had not yet replaced the Arabic script still visible on this issue — placing it in a very narrow window of transition.