Katalog
| Emittent | Dette Publique Ottomane |
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| Jahr | 1917 |
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| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Referenz(en) | P#104 |
| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Green note framed by an elaborate interlaced guilloche border. A central oval vignette carries multi-line Ottoman script text, with the denomination numeral 5 repeated at each corner within ornamental cartouches; an imperial tughra seal appears at the top centre above the main inscription, and a smaller seal vignette is positioned below the text block. Two manuscript signatures appear beneath the central text panel, with the serial number printed in black at the lower portion. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | دولت عثمانية C 053797 |
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| Anmerkungen |
The Dette Publique Ottomane — the Ottoman Public Debt Administration — was a European-controlled supervisory body established in 1881 after the empire defaulted on its foreign borrowings. That a debt-management institution rather than a conventional central bank issued this note reflects how thoroughly Ottoman state finances had been subordinated to foreign creditor interests by the war years. Printing currency was a drastic extension of the OPDA's original mandate.
The 1917 series was produced under acute wartime financial pressure, with the empire's monetary system badly strained by four years of conflict. Inflation had gutted confidence in paper, and denominations like this 5 Livres circulated in a market where many merchants still preferred metal or foreign notes when they could get them.