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50 Kuruş
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası |
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| Currency | Old lira (1923-2005) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of President Mustafa İsmet İnönü in right-facing three-quarter view occupies the right portion of the note, rendered against a finely engraved dark brown border with ornamental cornerpieces. The central field carries a multicolour guilloche rosette underprint behind the large numeral '50' and the denomination legend, with a red serial number and series prefix above. A legal clause referencing the law of 11 Haziran 1930, No. 1715, appears in two lines beneath the denomination, and two facsimile signatures with title lines are printed across the lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CÜMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI 50 ELLİ KURUŞ II HAZİRAN 1930 TARİH VE 1715 NUMARALI KANUNA GÖRE ÇIKARILMIŞTIR UMUM MÜDÜR UMUM MÜDÜR MUAVİNİ (Translation: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Fifty Kuruş, Issued pursuant to the Law dated 11 June 1930 and numbered 1715, General Director, Deputy General Director) |
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Bradbury Wilkinson held the contract for several early Turkish Republic issues, and this small-denomination note belongs to a period when the Central Bank was still consolidating its printing relationships with European security printers. The 50 Kuruş was a workhorse denomination — fractional notes took the hardest wear in daily markets and public transport, which means survivors in any decent condition are proportionally scarce relative to higher face values.
P#133 falls within the First Emission series. Heavy circulation losses were typical across the entire fractional range.