Catalog
100 Lira Brown reverse
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 1952 |
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| Size | 170 × 80 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI 100 YÜZ TÜRK LİRASI 11 HAZİRAN 1930 TARİH VE 1715 NUMARALI KANUNA GÖRE ÇIKARILMIŞTIR UMUM MÜDÜR UMUM MÜDÜR MUAVİNİ EMİSYON VE VEZNİ MÜDÜRÜ (Translation: Central Bank of the Turkish Republic, One Hundred Turkish Lira, Issued pursuant to Law No. 1715 dated 11 June 1930, General Manager, Deputy General Manager, Emission and Treasury Manager) |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, visible in the blank oval reserve area |
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Bradbury Wilkinson held the contract for Turkish banknote printing through much of the mid-century, and this note falls within that long productive relationship. The brown reverse distinguishes it from the earlier issues in the same series, which had a different color treatment — a deliberate revision rather than a new denomination or design cycle, making it easy to conflate with its predecessor when catalog references are incomplete.
P#167 is among the less frequently encountered mid-century Turkish issues in circulated grades, largely because the 100 Lira represented serious purchasing power in 1952 Turkey, and notes of that value tended to be handled carefully or held.