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50 Lira Gray-green reverse
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 1957 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI 50 ELLİ TÜRK LİRASI (Translation: Central Bank of the Turkish Republic, Fifty Turkish Lira) |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 TÜRK LİRASI TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI (Translation: 50 Turkish Lira, Central Bank of the Turkish Republic) |
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Bradbury Wilkinson printed multiple Turkish issues during the 1950s, and this 50 Lira falls within a series that saw several color variants — the gray-green reverse being the distinguishing characteristic catalogers use to separate it from the earlier red-brown reverse iteration of the same basic plate design. The color change was a deliberate measure to reduce confusion in circulation, not a reissue or redesign.
Turkey's inflation pressures through the mid-1950s meant higher denominations like this moved briskly and wore quickly. Lightly circulated examples are harder to locate than the raw survival rate might suggest.