50 000 Lira Black numeral

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.