Catalog
1 Lira
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 1927 |
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| Value | 1 Lira (1 TRL) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette enclosed within a circular guilloche frame presents a farmer ploughing with two oxen, with the Citadel of Ankara and the House of Parliament visible in the background landscape. The numeral "1" appears in the lower left corner and at upper right, flanked by Ottoman-script and Latin-script inscriptions running along the upper and lower margins. Series number and serial number appear in green letterpress at upper left and lower left respectively. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette set within an ornate arched frame renders the former Building of the Prime Ministry in fine intaglio engraving, surrounded by mature trees. A decorative rosette guilloche medallion occupies the left panel, while the denomination "1 LIVRE TURQUE" is lettered in a cartouche along the lower centre. The overall colour is green, with intricate lace-pattern borders framing the note on all sides. |
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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.