Catalog
100 Lira
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Value | 100 Lira (100 TRL) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed portrait of President İsmet İnönü at left within an ornate guilloche frame, set against a finely engraved underprint in brown. The central field carries the large denomination inscription YÜZ TÜRK LİRASI in bold letterpress, with a reference to the issuing law dated 11 Haziran 1930 below. Series and serial numbers appear at upper right and lower right margins, with two manuscript signatures at the foot of the note. |
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| Protection description | Watermarked paper with a repeating pattern visible when held to light |
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Turkey's Central Bank turned to the Reichsdruckerei in Berlin for this 1942 issue — a pragmatic wartime arrangement that reflected Turkey's careful navigation of neutrality while maintaining trade and technical relationships with Germany. The contract predated formal hostilities on Turkish soil and was part of a broader pattern of German firms supplying banknote printing services to neutral or aligned states during the conflict.
Turkey did not enter the war, but its currency production tells a quieter story about which doors stayed open.