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20 Kurush
| Uitgever | Ottoman Empire |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1852 |
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| Referentie(s) | P#22 |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse is printed in pale grey-blue with a light arabesque and scrollwork underprint filling the entire field within a ruled border with star corner ornaments. At the upper centre, a large oval with a handwritten Ottoman tughra or authorization is affixed, and in the centre of the note two wax or ink official seals of differing sizes are applied, both bearing circular Arabic inscriptions. |
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| Beveiligingstype | Official seal, Handwritten authorization |
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| Opmerkingen |
The 1852 20 Kurush belongs to the Kaime series — paper money introduced by the Ottoman treasury in 1840 as a desperate measure to finance the costs of military modernization under the Tanzimat reforms. The public never trusted them. Kaime notes circulated at persistent discounts against coin, sometimes losing 30–40% of face value on the open market, and the government's repeated emissions without adequate backing only deepened that distrust over the following decades.
Handwritten authorization signatures on individual notes were the primary anti-counterfeiting control — a system that also made production slow and each note technically unique. Examples with legible, complete authorization scripts command closer attention from specialists.