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10 Lira Green reverse
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası |
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| Year | 1952 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a scenic landscape view of the historic stone arch bridge over the Meriç (Maritsa) River at Edirne, framed by trees and foliage rendered in fine intaglio line engraving. To the left, an elaborate guilloche rosette panel anchors the design, while a large unprinted circular watermark area occupies the right portion. The entire composition is executed in green on white paper with the bank name in letterpress at the top. |
| Reverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI ON TÜRK LİRASI (Translation: Central Bank of the Turkish Republic, Ten Turkish Lira) |
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The Third Emission series, to which this note belongs, was produced for the Central Bank of Turkey by De La Rue during a period of significant monetary pressure — Turkey's postwar inflation had badly eroded public confidence in the lira, and the government was attempting to stabilize both the currency and its image. De La Rue held the Turkish banknote contract through much of the mid-twentieth century, and the consistency of their production quality across successive Turkish emissions is well documented.
The "Green reverse" designation distinguishes this from the earlier red-reverse variant of the same denomination and pick series, both circulating concurrently — an unusual situation that occasionally creates attribution confusion in collections.