Catalog
20 Lira
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası |
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| Year | 1966-1983 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI YİRMİ TÜRK LİRASI 14 OCAK 1970 TARİH VE 1211 SAYILI KANUNA GÖRE ÇIKARILMIŞTIR BAŞKAN BAŞKAN YARDIMCISI 20 TÜRK LİRASI |
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| Protection description | Effigy of President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, facing towards the middle of the note. |
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| Comments |
P#181 spans a remarkably long issue window — seventeen years across a period when Turkey was cycling through military interventions, coalition collapses, and chronic inflation. That the same note design remained in circulation from 1966 through 1983 reflects less monetary stability than institutional inertia; by the early 1980s, 20 Lira had essentially no meaningful purchasing power.
The Banknot Matbaası in Ankara has printed Turkish currency in-house since 1955, making this one of the earlier fully domestically produced series. Signature combinations on P#181 are the primary dating tool, with several governor and deputy pairings documented across the issue span.