Catalog
10 Lira
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Reference(s) | P#141 |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI ON TÜRK LİRASI 11 HAZİRAN 1930 TARİH VE 1715 NUMARALI KANUNA GÖRE CİRO EDİLEMEZ UMUM MÜDÜR / ÜNUM MÜDÜR MUAVİNİ (Translation: Central Bank of the Turkish Republic / Ten Turkish Lira / Cannot be endorsed according to the Law No. 1715 dated 11 June 1930 / General Manager / Deputy General Manager) |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of three Turkish village women in traditional regional costumes, set within an ornate oval cartouche framed by elaborate guilloche scrollwork. The denomination numeral "10" appears in large figures at left and right, with four corner panels bearing the words "ON TÜRK" and "LİRASI" in two parts. The bank title is printed across the top and the full denomination text runs along the bottom edge. |
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| Comments |
Turkey's wartime neutrality did not prevent it from maintaining a commercial printing contract with Nazi Germany's state press. This note was produced by the Reichsdruckerei in Berlin at a moment when the Turkish government was carefully balancing relations between the Axis and Allied powers — a politically awkward arrangement that was never publicly advertised.
The Reichsdruckerei had supplied Turkish banknote work through the late 1930s, and the relationship continued into the war years despite the obvious complications. Delivery logistics alone, with wartime transport across occupied Europe, were considerable.