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100 Lira Brown reverse
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 1952 |
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| Currency | Old lira (1923-2005) |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a scenic view of the Youth Park (Gençlik Parkı) in Ankara, with a stone bridge spanning a calm lake flanked by tall poplar trees and a distant cityscape rendered in fine line engraving. The denomination '100' appears in cartouches at the upper left and upper right corners, with the bank name above the central vignette. An ornate guilloche border in brown frames the composition, and a blank oval reserve is positioned at the right for the watermark. |
| Reverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI 100 TÜRK LİRASI (Translation: Central Bank of the Turkish Republic, 100 Turkish Lira) |
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Bradbury Wilkinson held the contract for Turkish banknote printing through much of the mid-century, and this note falls within that long productive relationship. The brown reverse distinguishes it from the earlier issues in the same series, which had a different color treatment — a deliberate revision rather than a new denomination or design cycle, making it easy to conflate with its predecessor when catalog references are incomplete.
P#167 is among the less frequently encountered mid-century Turkish issues in circulated grades, largely because the 100 Lira represented serious purchasing power in 1952 Turkey, and notes of that value tended to be handled carefully or held.