Catalog
20 Lira
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası |
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| Year | 1966-1983 |
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| Printer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası Banknot Matbaası, Ankara, Turkey (1955-date) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| 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.