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| Issuer | Dette Publique Ottomane |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Currency | Livre turque (1844-1927) |
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| Obverse description | The face is executed entirely in blue-green intaglio on a fine guilloche underprint, with a broad ornamental border of interlaced arabesques enclosing the central panel. The tughra of Sultan Mehmed V is placed at the top centre above the Arabic inscription of the Ottoman Public Debt Administration, with the date and denomination text in stylised calligraphy below. The denomination numeral '500' appears in both Western and Arabic-Indic numerals at the four corners, with serial number panels in black at left and right centre, flanked by two circular rosette vignettes at lower corners. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Watermarked paper with a pattern visible when held to light. |
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