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50 Lira Gray-green reverse
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 1957 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | A three-quarter-facing intaglio portrait vignette of President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in formal attire occupies the right portion of the note, set against a fine guilloche underprint in reddish-brown tones. The upper field carries the bank title in bold letterpress, flanked by the numeral 50 at each corner, with the denomination in full text centered below the serial number panel. A law reference inscription appears beneath the large central numeral, noting the issuing authority and regulatory basis. |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk |
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Bradbury Wilkinson printed multiple Turkish issues during the 1950s, and this 50 Lira falls within a series that saw several color variants — the gray-green reverse being the distinguishing characteristic catalogers use to separate it from the earlier red-brown reverse iteration of the same basic plate design. The color change was a deliberate measure to reduce confusion in circulation, not a reissue or redesign.
Turkey's inflation pressures through the mid-1950s meant higher denominations like this moved briskly and wore quickly. Lightly circulated examples are harder to locate than the raw survival rate might suggest.