Catalog
1000 Lira İnönü
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 1940 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of President İsmet İnönü in three-quarter view at right, set within an elaborate guilloche border framing the entire note. A large numeral "1000" in red intaglio occupies the centre, overlaid on a fine underprint, with the text "BİN TÜRK LİRASİ" below and the authorising law clause inscribed beneath. Serial number panels and the bank title appear in the upper register, with two signature lines and titles printed at the lower centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CÜMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI 1000 TÜRK LİRASI (Translation: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, 1,000 Turkish Lira) |
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Turkey's wartime monetary policy was a tightrope act. The country remained officially neutral throughout World War II but faced severe inflationary pressure from military mobilization costs and disrupted trade — the 1940 high-denomination issues were partly a response to that fiscal strain, not merely routine replenishment of stock.
De La Rue's London production of Turkish notes during this period is notable given that supply chains to Ankara were genuinely complicated by the war in the Mediterranean. Delivery of finished notes required careful routing.