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50 Kuruş
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 50 Kuruş (0.50 TRL) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents an intaglio portrait of President İsmet İnönü facing three-quarters left, set within an elaborate guilloche underprint in green and brown tones. The bank title TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI runs along the top border, with the denomination ELLİ KURUŞ and the numeral 50 repeated on either side of the portrait. The lower centre carries a legislative reference inscription, with series and serial number printed in red at left and right margins. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 KURUŞ |
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Printed in Nazi Germany by the Reichsdruckerei — the official Reich printing office responsible for German banknotes and government documents — this note reflects the pragmatic economic relationship between Turkey and wartime Germany that persisted well into the early 1940s. Turkey maintained official neutrality throughout the war, but existing trade agreements and technical contracts meant German printers continued fulfilling Turkish currency orders even as the conflict intensified around them.
The Reichsdruckerei connection makes the printing history more interesting than the note itself, which was a low-denomination issue with unremarkable circulation life.