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| 正面描述 | The obverse is printed in black on cream paper and enclosed within an elaborate rectangular border of interlocking arabesque and foliate guilloché ornament, with the numeral '10' repeated in circular cartouches at each corner. A large central oval vignette contains a radiating sunburst emanating from an elliptical void at its apex, below which a bold Ottoman tughra or calligraphic heading introduces the denomination. The body of the note is occupied by several lines of Ottoman Turkish script in a formal naskh hand, set within a plain oval frame, with an official circular seal at the foot bearing further Arabic calligraphy. |
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| 背面描述 | The reverse is printed in black on the same cream paper stock and shows, through show-through from folding, the ghost impression of the obverse guilloché border. The principal design element is a large circular official seal, printed in black at centre, bearing densely composed Ottoman calligraphic inscriptions within a scrollwork surround. A broad arch-shaped underprint vignette with fine arabesque relief work is visible above the seal, while faint radiating lines occupy the lower register. |
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The Hazine-i Devlet notes of 1853–54 were issued under acute fiscal pressure — the Crimean War had just begun, and the Ottoman treasury was hemorrhaging silver to military expenditure. These kaime, as they were broadly called, represented an attempt to paper over a coinage shortage that had been worsening since the earlier kaime experiments of the 1840s, when Abdülmecid I first reluctantly authorized paper currency against strong public resistance.
Forgery was an immediate and serious problem with this series. The sole security feature being an official seal made counterfeiting relatively straightforward, and depreciation followed quickly — holders discounted the notes heavily in bazaar transactions almost from the start.