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50 Kuruş
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası |
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| Type | Non-circulating banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of President Mustafa İsmet İnönü in right-facing three-quarter view occupies the right portion of the note, rendered against a finely engraved dark brown border with ornamental cornerpieces. The central field carries a multicolour guilloche rosette underprint behind the large numeral '50' and the denomination legend, with a red serial number and series prefix above. A legal clause referencing the law of 11 Haziran 1930, No. 1715, appears in two lines beneath the denomination, and two facsimile signatures with title lines are printed across the lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents an intaglio view of the Ankara Community Centre (Halkevi), a substantial neoclassical-style building rendered in fine line engraving against an open background. The design is printed in brown and olive tones, with ornate guilloche borders framing all four sides and denomination numerals '50' repeated in each corner within cartouches. The printer's imprint appears in small letterpress text at the base of the note beneath the central panel. |
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Bradbury Wilkinson held the contract for several early Turkish Republic issues, and this small-denomination note belongs to a period when the Central Bank was still consolidating its printing relationships with European security printers. The 50 Kuruş was a workhorse denomination — fractional notes took the hardest wear in daily markets and public transport, which means survivors in any decent condition are proportionally scarce relative to higher face values.
P#133 falls within the First Emission series. Heavy circulation losses were typical across the entire fractional range.