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1 Türk Lirası
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası |
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| Year | 1930 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green intaglio and centres on a vignette of a large neoclassical building — the Central Bank headquarters in Ankara — set within an open landscape. Ornate guilloche panels flank both vertical edges, and corner cartouches carry the denomination numeral '1', with the printer's imprint running along the lower margin. A perforated trial cancellation is struck at right centre, consistent with the trial status of the piece. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The 1 Türk Lirası of 1930 belongs to the inaugural emission of the newly established Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası, which was formally founded in October 1931 — meaning these notes were technically authorized before the central bank itself existed in its final legal form, issued instead under transitional authority as the republic moved to consolidate monetary control away from the Ottoman-era Osmanlı Bankası. Thomas De La Rue handled the printing, as they did for much of Turkey's early republican paper, providing the technical credibility the young institution needed.
The P#125A designation distinguishes this from subsequent signature varieties within the same basic design.