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100 000 Lira
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 1991-1994 |
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| Value | 100 000 Lira (100 000 TRL) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in three-quarter view occupies the right portion of the note, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint in green, orange and blue tones. To the left, a vignette of an equestrian statue of Atatürk is integrated within the guilloche field, flanked by the large numeral '100000' in dark ink at lower left and upper left margins. The bank title and denomination appear in bold letterpress at centre, with two signature lines for the Başkan and Başkan Yardımcısı below the statutory text. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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Turkey's inflation crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s forced denominations upward at a pace the public found difficult to absorb. The 100,000 Lira note, unimaginable in face value just a decade earlier, entered circulation as a functional everyday note — not a high-denomination reserve instrument. Annual inflation was running above 60% for much of this issue period, peaking near 106% in 1994, the year this series was withdrawn.
Printed in-house by the central bank's own Ankara facility, the note reflects Turkey's long-standing policy of maintaining sovereign printing capacity rather than contracting foreign security printers. The 1994 economic crisis — triggered by a collapse in confidence in government debt — effectively ended this series early.