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5000 Lira
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 1985-1988 |
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| Value | 5000 Lira (5000 TRL) |
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| Obverse description | A three-quarter-facing intaglio portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk occupies the right portion of the note, rendered in fine line engraving against a multicolour guilloche underprint in brown and olive tones. The denomination BEŞ BİN TÜRK LİRASI is printed in bold letterpress at centre, with the statutory inscription and two facsimile signatures of the Başkan (Governor) and Başkan Yardımcısı (Deputy Governor) below. The serial number appears twice in black, at upper left and lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CÜMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI 5000 MEVLANA CELALEDDİN-İ RUMİ 1207-1273 (Translation: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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Turkey's Banknot Matbaası in Ankara had been producing domestic currency since 1955, ending a long dependence on foreign printers — De La Rue, Bradbury Wilkinson, and others who had handled Ottoman and early Republican issues. By the mid-1980s the 5000 Lira was a meaningful denomination, though chronic inflation was already eroding that. The series ran through 1988, by which point 5000 Lira bought considerably less than when the first notes were signed.
Worth noting for collectors: the P#197 series is common in circulated grades but noticeably scarcer in uncirculated condition, likely because these notes were actively used rather than saved.