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5 Türk Lirası
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Size | 130 x 64 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI Ord. Prof. Dr. AYDIN SAYILI 1913 - 1993 BEŞ TÜRK LİRASI 5 |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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This note belongs to the Fifth Emission Group issued by the Central Bank of Turkey, a series that ran through a period of persistent inflation and repeated devaluation that would eventually force a complete redenomination decades later. The TCMB's in-house printing facility in Ankara, the Banknot Matbaası, had been producing domestic currency since the late 1950s, reducing dependence on foreign security printers — a meaningful shift in operational autonomy for the bank.
The 5 Lira denomination was, by 1970, already of modest purchasing power. Heavily circulated examples are the rule rather than the exception.