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| 正面描述 | Printed in black on cream paper, the note is enclosed within an elaborate rectangular border of interlocking floral and geometric scrollwork, with the numeral '10' set within circular cartouches at each corner. An oval sunburst vignette occupies the top centre, its radiating fine lines surmounted by a decorative crescent-form arch. The central field carries multi-line Ottoman calligraphic text in taʿlīq and naskh scripts conveying the denomination and treasury guarantee, with a circular tughra-style seal positioned at the base. |
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| 防伪描述 | A circular ink-stamped Ottoman official seal applied to the reverse centre; embossed blind watermark comprising guilloche scrollwork and an oval sunburst pattern visible in the paper. |
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The Hazine-i Celile notes of 1853–54 were a direct consequence of the Crimean War financing crisis. The Ottoman government, unable to service its debts or fund the war through conventional means, issued treasury notes — kaime — as a forced-circulation paper currency backed by little more than administrative authority. These small-denomination issues were intended to reach everyday transactions, but public distrust of Ottoman paper money ran deep, dating to the kaime inflations of the 1840s.
The embossed seal and watermark were genuine attempts to curb what had become a serious counterfeiting problem with earlier kaime issues. Whether those measures worked is another question — contemporary European diplomatic correspondence noted that forged kaime circulated openly in Constantinople's bazaars throughout the war years.