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100 Lira Atatürk
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 1938 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | At right, an intaglio portrait vignette of President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in three-quarter view, dressed in a suit and tie, set within an ornate geometric border. The denomination '100' appears in large numerals at upper left and upper right, with the text 'YÜZ TÜRK LİRASI' centered below the bank title. A serial number and series prefix appear twice on the note, with two facsimile signatures at the lower center beneath a guilloche underprint in rose-brown tones. |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CÜMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI 100 YÜZ TÜRK LİRASI TÜRK LİRASI 11 HAZİRAN 1930 TARİH VE 1715 NUMARALI KANUNA GÖRE ÇIKARILMIŞTIR (Translation: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, One Hundred Turkish Lira, Issued pursuant to the Law dated 11 June 1930 and numbered 1715) |
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This note holds a peculiar historical position: 1938 was the year Atatürk died, on November 10th, and the Central Bank was already mid-cycle with this series. Notes bearing his name and image continued to circulate unchanged for years afterward, the design effectively frozen at the moment of his death. Turkey did not rush to redesign its currency around a successor — there was no clean break, and the plates simply kept running.
De La Rue's involvement was long-standing; Turkey relied heavily on British security printers throughout the early Republican period, lacking domestic high-security printing capacity.