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50 New Lira
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Currency | New lira (2005-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of the iconic fairy chimney rock formations of Kapadokya (Cappadocia), rendered in warm brown tones with cave dwellings visible within the eroded tufa columns. A decorative star rosette appears to the right of the geological formation, set against a fine guilloche background in pale ochre and cream. The denomination numeral '50' is printed at upper right and lower left, with the bank name along the top margin and the value inscription along the lower margin. |
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| Protection description | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk portrait and electrotype numeral '50'; embedded security thread visible when held to light |
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The 50 New Lira was introduced as part of the January 2005 redenomination that erased six zeros from the Turkish lira — one of the largest redenomination operations in monetary history, reducing 50,000,000 old lira to a single 50 New Lira note. The "New" prefix was always intended as temporary, and the parallel "Yeni Türk Lirası" designation was officially retired at the start of 2009 when the series was replaced.
The Ankara banknote printing works has produced Turkish currency in-house since the mid-1950s, and this series marked its first full deployment of domestically produced notes at the new denomination scale.