Catalog
5 Para
| Issuer | Ottoman Ministry of Finance |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 5 Para |
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| Obverse description | Printed in reddish-brown on cream paper in a perforated stamp-format note, the obverse carries a central oval vignette of two Ottoman soldiers in the field, with an artillery wheel visible to the left, framed within an ornate border of floral arabesques. An Ottoman Turkish inscription in Arabic script occupies the upper panel, while the lower portion bears the tughra seal and the numeral "5" flanked by the denomination in Arabic script. |
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| Obverse lettering | دولت عثمانيه منسري ٥ پاره |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain cream paper surface devoid of any design, text, or ornamentation, characteristic of the emergency low-denomination postage-currency issues produced by the Ottoman Ministry of Finance during the latter stages of the First World War. |
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