20 Piastres

Issuer	Dette Publique Ottomane
Year	1917
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Printed in brown on a cream ground, the obverse is dominated by a large central cartouche with an elaborate floral and geometric guilloche frame enclosing multi-line Arabic text. The Ottoman tughra appears at the top centre above the title inscription in Arabic script, with the denomination numeral '20' in ornate circular vignettes at both upper corners. The series letter 'SÉRIE E' is printed in Roman characters at lower left, with the serial number at lower right, and several lines of Arabic text forming the note's legal and financial clauses occupy the lower half.
Obverse lettering	دیون عمومیه عثمانیه قرش ٢٠ SÉRIE E
Reverse description	The reverse is plain, printed on unadorned cream-coloured paper with no design elements, text, or vignettes, consistent with the simple verso treatment characteristic of Ottoman Public Debt Administration emergency issues of this period.
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