Catalog
100 Lira
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 1983-1984 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed right-facing portrait vignette of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk occupies the right half of the note, set against a fine guilloche underprint in shades of rose and orange. The central field carries the denomination numeral "100" within a radiating guilloche rosette, with the inscription "YUZ TURK LİRASI" beneath in letterpress. Two signature lines appear below the central text block, above a decorative knotwork border at the foot of the note. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a multicolour vignette of the Citadel of Ankara at centre, flanked by a portrait of poet and National Anthem author Mehmet Akif Ersoy alongside a view of his residence in Ankara. The first two quatrains of the İstiklâl Marşı (Turkish National Anthem) are inscribed in a text panel, rendered in a fine guilloche surround. The denomination appears in the corners within ornamental cartouches. |
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By the early 1980s, Turkey was printing 100 Lira notes against a backdrop of severe inflation that would eventually render the denomination nearly worthless — within a decade, a 100 Lira note couldn't buy a glass of tea. The Central Bank's own printing facility in Ankara had been producing domestic issues since 1955, ending reliance on foreign printers that had supplied Turkey through much of the early Republican period.
The P#194 series was short-lived by design, superseded as inflation forced rapid denomination escalation through the late 1980s and 1990s.