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50 Kuruş
| Issuer | Banque Impériale Ottomane |
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| Year | 1876 |
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| Value | 50 Kuruş |
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| Reverse lettering | Enregistré Par La BANQUE IMPÉRIALE OTTOMANE CONSTANTINOPLE |
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| Protection type | Official stamp |
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The Banque Impériale Ottomane — founded in 1863 under joint British and French capital as a private institution holding Ottoman state banking functions — issued fractional notes like this 50 Kuruş during a period of acute fiscal distress. The Ottoman state had suspended external debt payments in 1875, and small-denomination paper was filling gaps left by coin shortages and a contracting money supply.
The single security feature — an official stamp — reflects how rudimentary anti-counterfeiting measures were for low-value fractional issues. These circulated hard and survived poorly.