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10 Kuruş
| Issuer | Banque Impériale Ottomane |
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| Year | 1876 |
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| Currency | Lira (1844-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is largely plain and unprinted, with a central circular stamp bearing an Arabic-script legend in the Ottoman Imperial style. In the lower portion, a rectangular registration cartouche stamped in brown reads 'Enregistré Par la BANQUE IMPERIALE OTTOMANE' with manuscript number and serial entries, above the legend 'CONSTANTINOPLE' and the year '1876'. |
| Reverse lettering | Enregistré Par la BANQUE IMPERIALE OTTOMANE CONSTANTINOPLE 1876 |
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The 1876 issue came during a period of acute fiscal strain: the Ottoman state had suspended payments on its external debt that same year, an event that ultimately led to the establishment of the Ottoman Public Debt Administration in 1881. The Banque Impériale Ottomane, though nominally a Franco-British institution, was effectively the empire's central bank and was pressed into producing small-denomination notes to ease a chronic shortage of coin in everyday transactions.
The stamp security feature on this series is worth noting — applied locally in Constantinople, it was a practical anti-counterfeiting measure rather than a sophisticated printing solution, reflecting the limited means available for low-value emergency issues of this kind.