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500 Lira Without 'SERİ', Violet
| Issuer | Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 1968 |
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| Currency | Old lira (1923-2005) |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI 500 BEŞYÜZ TÜRK LİRASI 11 HAZİRAN 1930 TARİH VE 1713 NUMARALI KANUNA GÖRE ÇIKARILMIŞTIR GENEL MÜDÜR - GENEL MÜDÜR MUAVİNİ - EMİSYON VE VEZNE MÜDÜRÜ (Translation: Central Bank of the Turkish Republic, Five Hundred Turkish Lira, Issued pursuant to the Law dated 11 June 1930 and numbered 1713) |
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| Reverse lettering | 500 TÜRK LİRASI TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET MERKEZ BANKASI 500 (Translation: 500 Turkish Lira, Central Bank of the Turkish Republic) |
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The "without SERİ" designation refers to an early print run of the third emission 500 Lira notes in which the series prefix indicator was omitted from the serial number block — a typographical oversight corrected in subsequent printings. These notes circulated during a period when Turkey's chronic inflation was beginning to erode the real value of the 500 Lira denomination significantly; within roughly a decade, the note would feel comparatively small.
Printed in-house at the Ankara banknote facility, which had been producing Turkey's currency since 1955, reducing reliance on foreign security printers.