Catalogus
| Uitgever | Dette Publique Ottomane |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1916 |
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| Waarde | 5 Livres Turques |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse is executed entirely in blue-green, with a symmetrical guilloche framework of elaborate floral and geometric rosettes occupying the lateral panels, each bearing the numeral '5'. The central panel contains a large block of Ottoman Turkish text in calligraphic script setting out the terms and legal provisions of the note, with a manuscript signature beneath. The overall design is uncluttered, relying on the quality of the geometric lathe-work borders for its security character. |
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| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beveiligingstype | Guilloche underprint |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Dette Publique Ottomane — the Ottoman Public Debt Administration — was not a bank but a European creditor body established in 1881 to manage Ottoman sovereign debt repayment directly. That it issued currency at all reflects how severely the empire's financial architecture had fractured by the First World War, with the Imperial Ottoman Bank unable to sustain adequate note supply and the government turning to whatever institutional infrastructure remained functional.
The 1916 issues circulated under extreme wartime inflation pressure. By the armistice of 1918, Ottoman paper had lost the confidence of most of the population in the Arab provinces long before it lost its legal status.