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100 Livres Turques
| Uitgever | Dette Publique Ottomane |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1918 |
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| Valuta | Livre turque (1844-1927) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | The obverse is printed in brown and tan tones on a cream paper ground, with an elaborate geometric guilloche border framing the central field. A large oval cartouche at centre carries the Ottoman tughra at its apex, flanked by the Arabic-script title of the Dette Publique Ottomane and the date in Ottoman numerals; the denomination 100 appears in Western numerals at upper left, lower left, and lower right within ornate foliate cornerpieces. The overall layout reflects the intricate arabesque style typical of late Ottoman fiscal documents. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse is printed in pale grey-black on plain cream paper, with a comparatively restrained design dominated by large Arabic-script text panels set within an arched framework. The denomination 100 appears in Ottoman numerals at lower left and lower right, flanked by simple geometric guilloche side panels; a manuscript signature line is visible at centre below the text block, and the serial number is printed at upper right in Latin characters. |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Dette Publique Ottomane — the Ottoman Public Debt Administration — was a European-controlled financial body established after the empire's 1881 debt default, essentially a creditor-run agency managing Ottoman revenues on behalf of bondholders in Paris and London. That a wartime emergency note was issued under its authority rather than the Imperial treasury is itself telling: by 1918 the central government had so thoroughly exhausted its own credit mechanisms that this semi-foreign institution became a de facto issuer of last resort.
The 1918 series circulated during the empire's final collapse, and surviving examples frequently show heavy use — the economic chaos of that year meant these notes turned over rapidly before the Ottoman lira became worthless in the postwar settlement.