Catalog
100 Lira Series VI; Multicolor guilloche on front/Green reverse
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası |
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| Year | 1969 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in three-quarter right-facing view, set within an ornate dark vignette frame at right. The centre field carries multicolor guilloche underprint in green, red, and blue tones, with the large numeral '100' at centre and the denomination inscription below. A blank oval watermark panel occupies the left side, flanked by intricate border guilloche work at all margins. |
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| Reverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI 100 TÜRK LİRASI (Translation: Central Bank of the Turkish Republic, 100 Turkish Lira) |
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The Banknot Matbaası in Ankara had been operational for roughly fourteen years by the time this note was issued, still building its technical reputation after decades of reliance on foreign printers — De La Rue and others — for Turkey's currency production. The engraver credit to Jan Piwzcyk points to the skilled émigré labor the institution recruited heavily during its early decades, Polish craftsmen among them, to transfer intaglio expertise to domestic staff.
Series VI 100 Lira notes were issued against a backdrop of chronic inflation that would eventually render the denomination nearly worthless by the 1980s, making circulated survivors from this period far more common than uncirculated stock.