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50 000 Lira Black numeral
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 1995-1999 |
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| Size | 152 × 76 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI ELLİ BİN 50000 TÜRK LİRASI 14 OCAK 1970 TARİH VE 1211 SAYILI KANUNA GÖRE ÇIKARILMIŞTIR BAŞKAN BAŞKAN YARDIMCISI (Translation: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Fifty Thousand Turkish Lira, Issued according to the law number 1211 of 14 January 1970, Governor, Deputy Governor) |
| Reverse description | The First Grand National Assembly building in Ankara — now serving as the Museum of the War of Independence and the Museum of the Republic — is rendered as the central architectural vignette. The composition is framed by guilloche borders and denomination indicators. |
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Turkey's inflation in the 1990s was severe enough that the 50,000 Lira note, once a meaningful denomination, became essentially worthless pocket change within a few years of introduction. By the late 1990s, a loaf of bread cost several times the face value. The "black numeral" designation distinguishes this printing variant from earlier issues in the same series where the serial number appeared in a different ink — a small but cataloguable distinction within a denomination that was itself being rapidly overtaken by six- and seven-figure notes.
Turkey would ultimately redenominate in 2005, dropping six zeros to create the New Turkish Lira, rendering this entire series obsolete in one administrative stroke.