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5 Türk Lirası
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Reference(s) | P#222 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries an intaglio portrait of Ord. Prof. Dr. Aydın Sayılı (1913–1993), the renowned Turkish historian of science, positioned to the right of centre. To the left, a multicolour vignette illustrates an atomic model and a stylised DNA double helix strand against a pastel guilloche underprint in blue and green hues, evoking scientific achievement. The denomination numeral '5' appears at lower left and lower right, with the bank's name along the top margin and 'BEŞ TÜRK LİRASI' inscribed along the lower edge. |
| Reverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI Ord. Prof. Dr. AYDIN SAYILI 1913 - 1993 BEŞ TÜRK LİRASI 5 |
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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.