500 Lira İnönü

Issuer	Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası
Year	1940
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Printer	Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom
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Obverse description	At right, an intaglio portrait of President İsmet İnönü rendered in three-quarter view is set against a fine guilloche underprint that fills the note's central and left fields. The large numeral '500' and the Turkish denomination legend appear in the centre, flanked by elaborate arabesque scrollwork borders, with the issuing authority inscription running along the upper margin. Two signature lines and serial number panels occupy the lower central field.
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Reverse description	The central vignette presents an intaglio view of the Rumelihisarı fortress in Istanbul, its medieval towers and curtain walls set within an arched decorative panel against a landscape background. Ornate guilloche borders and arabesques surround the vignette, while the denomination numeral '500' is repeated in each corner. The issuing bank's name is inscribed in two lines across the upper margin.
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