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20 Kurush
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1854 |
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| Reference(s) | P#24 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is printed entirely in black on cream paper and enclosed within an ornate floral and foliate border. At the upper centre, a radiant sunburst vignette surrounds an oval reserve, below which the denomination numeral '20' is rendered in large Ottoman calligraphic script. Multiple lines of Ottoman Turkish text in naskh and thuluth scripts carry the legal tender declaration and denomination legend, with a circular official tughra seal at the lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | دولت عليه نك نقد مقامنده اولور مبلغ ٢٠ اوراق نقديه واعليه يك يكروغ عرش فتاو لاما انصورقه معتبرة دولتعليه |
| Reverse description | The reverse is largely plain on cream paper, with a ghostly impression of the sunburst vignette from the obverse visible as a see-through element near the upper portion. At the centre, a single bold circular seal in black ink, bearing dense Ottoman calligraphic inscription, serves as the principal design element against the otherwise unprinted surface. |
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