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1000 Lira
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Size | 195 × 95 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CÜMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI BİN 1000 TÜRK LİRASI SERİ A1 VEZNE VE EKÜRYON MÜDÜRÜ UMUM MÜDÜR LİKİDASYON MÜDÜRÜ 11 HAZİRAN 1930 TARİH VE 1715 NUMARALI KANUNA GÖRE ÇIKARILMIŞTIR AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: Central Bank of the Turkish Republic, One Thousand Turkish Lira, Issued pursuant to Law No. 1715 dated 11 June 1930) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Turkey contracted the American Bank Note Company for this series during the late 1940s, a period when domestic printing infrastructure was inadequate for high-denomination production. The postwar economic strain was real — Turkey had maintained an official neutrality during the war but paid heavily for it through inflation and supply disruption, and the 1000 Lira was a substantial sum in 1946 purchasing terms.
ABNC's engraving work on this issue is among the finer examples of their mid-century output for a Muslim-majority state, though the series is less studied than their Latin American contemporaries.