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10 Lira
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 1982 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI ON TÜRK LİRASI 14 OCAK 1970 TARİH VE 1211 SAYILI KANUNA GÖRE ÇIKARILMIŞTIR BAŞKAN BAŞKAN YARDIMCISI TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI BANKNOT MATBAASI (Translation: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Ten Turkish Lira, Issued according to the law number 1211 of 14 January 1970, Governor, Deputy Governor) |
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| Reverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI ON-TÜRK LİRASI (Translation: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Ten Turkish Lira) |
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Turkey's in-house printing operation, the Banknot Matbaası, had been producing notes since 1955, and by the early 1980s the facility was printing into a deteriorating monetary environment. Inflation through the late 1970s and early 1980s was severe enough that the 10 Lira denomination — still circulating as recently as the late 1970s as a meaningful unit — had become nearly worthless in everyday transactions by the time this issue was struck.
The 1982 series relied solely on a watermark for security. For a denomination already being eroded into irrelevance by triple-digit annual inflation rates, more sophisticated counterfeit deterrence was hardly a priority.