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20 Kuruş
| Issuer | Ottoman Treasury (Hazine-i Devlet) |
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| Year | 1855-1857 |
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| Value | 20 Kuruş |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on cream paper within an ornate geometric border of interlaced strapwork characteristic of Ottoman decorative art. At the upper centre, a large circular sunburst vignette — likely intended as a blind stamp or seal area — is enclosed by a crescent motif below it, rendered in fine radiating lines. The central field is divided into several cartouches bearing Ottoman Turkish calligraphic inscriptions in naskh and tughra-influenced scripts, with two oval seal-type panels at the lower centre flanking the denomination text. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is largely plain, printed on the same cream paper stock, with no elaborate border or printed design. A single circular Ottoman seal stamp, hand-applied in black ink, appears slightly left of centre, bearing Arabic-script calligraphic text within a decorative circular frame. The remainder of the surface is unprinted, consistent with early Ottoman kaime issues of this period. |
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| Protection description | Hand-applied circular Ottoman Treasury seal stamp in black ink on the reverse |
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