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50 Türk Lirası
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası |
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| Year | 1930 |
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| Size | 168 x 78 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI ELLİ TÜRK LİRASI TÜRK LİRASI 11 HAZİRAN 1930 TARIH VE MİŞ MUMARALI KANUNA GÖRE ÇIKARILMIŞTIR UMUM MÜDÜR / UMUM MÜDÜR MUAVİNİ / DÖVEZE YE VERE MUDÜRÜ |
| Reverse description | Executed in violet intaglio, the reverse is centred on a large vignette of the Mehmetçik monument — a uniformed Turkish soldier with rifle raised aloft against a cloud-filled sky. Ornate guilloche borders frame all sides of the design, with the denomination numeral '50' repeated in the upper right corner and within a cartouche at lower left. The bank title appears in letterpress along the bottom margin. |
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Pick 175 belongs to the earliest emission series of the Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası, which was founded in 1930 — meaning this note dates from the bank's first year of operation. Prior to that, the Ottoman Imperial Bank had held the note-issuing privilege, so this series marked a deliberate break: a Republican government finally controlling its own currency apparatus rather than relying on a partly foreign-owned institution.
The law authorizing the central bank was passed on 11 June 1930; the first notes entered circulation before the year was out. Known examples of this 50 Lira denomination show heavy use, consistent with a high-value note that actually circulated rather than being saved.