50 Lira Gray-green reverse

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.