Catalog
2 1/2 Lira Red reverse
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey |
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| Year | 1957 |
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| Value | 21/2 Lira (2.5 TRL) |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI 2½ İKİ BUÇUK TÜRK LİRASI (Translation: Central Bank of the Turkish Republic, Two and a Half Turkish Lira) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Thomas De La Rue had printed Turkish banknotes since the late Ottoman period, and Turkey continued to rely on the London firm well into the republic's mid-century issues. This particular note takes its collector name from the red ink applied to the reverse — a color change introduced to distinguish it from the earlier green-reverse printing of the same denomination, both circulating under the same Pick series in close succession.
The 2½ Lira denomination itself was already an awkward anachronism by the late 1950s, a fraction-unit holdover that would soon become impractical as Turkish inflation accelerated through the following decade.