Catalog
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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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a large intaglio engraving of a soldier from the Statue of Victory at Ulus Square in Ankara, rendered in gray-green tones, with the figure raising one arm skyward while holding a rifle, set against a lightly shaded background. The composition is framed by intricate guilloche borders with ornamental corner rosettes, and the denomination numeral 50 appears in each upper corner alongside the currency inscription. The issuing bank's name is set in letterpress along the lower margin. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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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.