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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 description | The obverse carries a right-facing portrait vignette of President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk at the right, set against a guilloche underprint in lilac and rose tones. Denomination numerals '2½' occupy each corner, while the bank title and value inscription are rendered in intaglio letterpress across the upper and central portions of the note. Three signature lines appear beneath the central text block, flanked by the serial number and series prefix printed in two positions. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by an intaglio vignette of the former Head Office Building of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey in Ankara, rendered against a guilloche underprint in red tones. The bank title is inscribed above the central vignette, with the denomination inscription arranged below. |
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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.