Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
100 Lira İnönü
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası |
|---|---|
| Year | |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | 183 × 82 mm |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The right-centre of the note is occupied by an intaglio portrait vignette of President İsmet İnönü in three-quarter view, set against an intricate guilloche underprint in brown tones. The central field carries the large numeral '100' and the denomination legend in Turkish, flanked by elaborate arabesqued border panels and corner numerals. Zero-series specimen serial numbers and red SPECIMEN overprints appear on the face, along with two signature lines below the central text. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CÜMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI TÜRK LİRASI 100 YÜZ TÜRK LİRASI 11 HAZİRAN 1930 TARİH VE 1715 NUMARALI KANUNA GÖRE ÇIKARILMIŞTIR SERİ 00 00000 UMUM MÜDÜR MÜDÜR (Translation: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Turkish Lira, One Hundred Turkish Lira, Issued pursuant to the Law dated 11 June 1930 and numbered 1715, Series 00, General Manager, Director) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Turkey's first major post-Atatürk portrait series, this note was issued under İsmet İnönü, who assumed the presidency after Atatürk's death in November 1938 and held it through the entirety of World War II — a period during which Turkey maintained a precarious neutrality while both Axis and Allied powers exerted enormous diplomatic pressure. The decision to put İnönü on the currency was itself a political act, projecting continuity and state authority at a moment of genuine domestic uncertainty.
Thomas De La Rue printed the series in London, which remained an unusual arrangement given wartime shipping risks across the Mediterranean. The single watermark is the primary security feature — a relatively minimal provision for a high denomination.