Turkey Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası 500 Turk Lirasi Pick 190d L. 1970 series O (8) and includes 2 consecutive sets - a set of 5 notes serial numbers O20 206965 through O20 206969 and a consecutive pair O20 206976 & O20 206977, along with serial number O20 098027. The notes in dark blue and dark green on multicolour underprint featuring portrait of President K. Atatürk at right on obverse and Entrance to Istanbul University on reverse. All UNC
World (17) in very high grades predominantly Bank of England issues (13) comprising 1 Pounds (11) including Hollom QE2 & seated Britannia B288 issue 1963 serial number H33N 546220. Page QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB337 issue 1978 serial number U12 121644. Somerset (9) QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B341 issue 1981 in 2 consecutively numbered sets, the first being a trio prefix DT33 and the second is a set of 6 prefix DW24. 10 PoundsKentfield QE2 pictorial & Florence NightingaleB360 issue 1991 (2) a consecutive pair serial numbers KN84 765212 & KN84 765213. Turkey Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası 1 Million Turk Lirasi Pick 213 L. 1970 serial number O50 604946 and the note in claret red and blue-grey on multicolour underprint featuring a portrait of President K. Ataturk on obverse and Atatürk dam, Şanlıurfa and Adiyaman Provinces on reverse. Italy (3) including Repubblica Italiana BIGLIETTO DI STATO (resumed) 500 Lire Pick 94 dated 2n April 1979 both prefix QE33 (2) and Banca D'Italia 2000 Lire Pick 103c dated 24th October 1983 and signatures Ciampi & Stevani serial GA 120583 Y.
Turkey (3) comprising 50 Kurus (2) Pick 133 L. 1930 President Mustafa İsmet İnönü at right & Community Center, Ankara series B25 386933 EF or better slight wrinkling considered from water damage given its history along with the later note which got issued after the bombing Pick 134 President Mustafa İsmet İnönü at centre & Central Bank building Ankara series C2 090520. Also the 100 Lira Pick NL unrecorded L.1930 President Mustafa İsmet İnönü at right & Dardanelles view at reverse series H19 02888 Fine - about VF small piece missing from bottom right corner, a small tear at upper centre at fold and a small light rust mark to left but very well kept and an Exceptionally Scarce notes as our research could find that this issue was on a ship (SS City of Roubaix) bombed by Germany while at Piraeus Harbour (Greece) April 6, 1941 near the beginning of WWII. The Turkish government cancelled the issue and arranged for another instead. All available examples were rescued from the sea therefore signs of salt water damage are to be expected. "There is no official recovery record of the 100 Lira notes from the wreck. They were not handed over by the Greek authorities to the Republic of Turkey like the 50 Kurus notes. It is believed the notes that escaped confiscation were also introduced by Greek and non-Muslim tradesmen and put into circulation in the smaller provinces of Turkey, where communications were poor. The variety of notes confused the public, who were not in a position to tell if the notes were legitimate or not. What is certain is these original notes are extremely rare. Only two pieces were reportedly seen in Turkey in the last few decades. The same is true for the 50 Lira note (P136). Not more than a couple has ever been reported. Although also very hard to acquire, Thomas De La Ruespecimen notes remain the best bet for filling this historic gap in a bank note collection of Turkish Republic issues." (source: International Bank Note Society Journal 50.2, Sep. 2011)
Turkey a collection in an album (27) notes in mixed grades some in UNC early OttomanEmpire to modern issues. Some better pieces include 1 Livre Remainder without serial Pick 68r in about UNC - UNC, 5 Livre Pick 104 series B007638, 1 Livre Turque Pick 119a and 10 Livre Pick 148
Turkey OTTOMAN EMPIRE (2) comprising 2 1/2 Livres Pick 100 AH1332 (L. 04.02.1913) series L 043655 VF and Scarce. Along with 5 PiastresPick 79a AH 1331 (L. 22.12.1912). Both issued by Dette Publique Ottomane
TurkeyOttomanEmpire (2), 1/4 Livre issued Law of 18th October AH1331 (1915 - 1916) series E 075935, (Pick71), cleaned Fine, 20 Kurush dated 1877 with round handstamp AH1294 on reverse, (Pick49b), holes/splits and small edge tears, some dirt, VG
TurkeyOttomanEmpire 50 Livres issued 1916 - 1917, Law of 6th August AH1332, series P.007888, tears and splits that have been repaired, ink and bank stamps on reverse, (Pick93), about VG, scarce
TurkeyCentral Bank (4), 2 1/2 Lirasi issued 1939, scarce early issue, (Pick126), some dirt, small pinholes Fine, 2 1/2 Lirasi issued 1947, (Pick140), a few pinholes, good Fine, 50 Kurus issued 1942 - 1944, (Pick133), pinholes and edge nick, Fine or about, 1 Lirasi issued 1942, (Pick135), holes/splits and edge nicks, quite worn VG
TurkeyOttomanEmpire (2), 50 Kurush issued 1877 with AH1294 handstamp, (Pick50b), generally EF but has a pinhole and small stain at top, 100 Kurush issued 1877 with AH1294 handstamp, (Pick51b), EF but with a small piece missing from side border
TurkeyOttomanEmpire (5), 10 Livre Pick101 issued 1916 - 1917 law of 4th February AH1332, small edge tears, centre hole, aFine, 5 Livre Pick91 issued 1916 - 1917 law of 6th August AH1332, edge nicks to right border, Fine, 1 Livre Pick90 issued 1916 - 1917, law of 6th August AH1332, some staining, good Fine, 5 PiastresPick87 issued 1916 -1917 law of 6th August AH1332, VF, 20 KurushPick36 issued 1861, second 'Kaime' issue AH1277, EF
World banknotes (28) includes Turkey20 kurush dated 1877 gFine, Palestine £1 1939 partly laminated & damaged, Israel Anglo-Palestine Bank 500 mils Fine, Paraguay collector Specimen set, Egypt and various modern Lebanon along with later Roman bronze coins and modern fantasy coins
page=Pastresults&searchterm=Turkey&category=2&searchtype=1" rel="tag">Turkey, Bradbury Wilkinson unfinished trial proof, circa 1907, pink & green, value of 50 in Arabic at centre, very ornate and colourful, possibly an unadopted design which needs verifying, printers annotations in pencil, stuck to thin paper from a book page.
page=Pastresults&searchterm=Turkey&category=2&searchtype=1" rel="tag">Turkey, Bradbury Wilkinson unfinished trial proof, circa 1907 in red, orange & mauve, no value but an ornate design with a large star and crescent moon at centre, possibly an unadopted design which needs verifying, some dirt marks, stuck to thin paper from a book page.
page=Pastresults&searchterm=Turkey&category=2&searchtype=1" rel="tag">Turkey, Bradbury Wilkinson unfinished trial proof, circa 1907, green & blue, no value but an ornate design with a large star and crescent moon at centre, possibly an unadopted design which needs verifying, light dirt marks, stuck to thin paper from a book page.
page=Pastresults&searchterm=Turkey&category=2&searchtype=1" rel="tag">Turkey, Bradbury Wilkinson unfinished trial proof, circa 1907, light green & orange, value of 20 in Arabic & Roman, possibly an unadopted design which needs verifying, printers annotations in pencil, a few foxing marks & small piece of paper attached at left, stuck to thin paper from a book page.
page=Pastresults&searchterm=Turkey&category=2&searchtype=1" rel="tag">Turkey, Bradbury Wilkinson unfinished trial proof, circa 1907, light green, orange & mauve, value of 20 in Arabic & Roman, possibly an unadopted design which needs verifying, printers annotations in pencil, a few faint foxing marks, stuck to thin paper from a book page.
page=Pastresults&searchterm=Turkey&category=2&searchtype=1" rel="tag">Turkey, Bradbury Wilkinson unfinished trial proof, circa 1907, light green, orange & mauve, value of 50 in Arabic & Roman, possibly an unadopted design which needs verifying, printers annotations in pencil, a faint foxing mark, stuck to thin paper from a book page.
page=Pastresults&searchterm=Turkey&category=2&searchtype=1" rel="tag">Turkey, Bradbury Wilkinson unfinished trial proof, circa 1907, multi-coloured, no value but an ornate design with a large star and crescent moon at centre, possibly an unadopted design which needs verifying, some dirt marks, stuck to thin paper from a book page.
page=Pastresults&searchterm=Turkey&category=2&searchtype=1" rel="tag">Turkey, Bradbury Wilkinson unfinished trial proof, circa 1907, multi-coloured, value of 5 at right, an ornate design, possibly an unadopted design which needs verifying, printers annotations in pencil, stuck to thin paper from a book page.
page=Pastresults&searchterm=Turkey&category=2&searchtype=1" rel="tag">Turkey, Bradbury Wilkinson unfinished trial proof, circa 1907, red, orange & mauve, value of 5 at right, an ornate design, possibly an unadopted design which needs verifying, printers annotations in pencil, edge wear, stuck to thin paper from a book page.
page=Pastresults&searchterm=Turkey&category=2&searchtype=1" rel="tag">Turkey, Bradbury Wilkinson unfinished trial proofs (2), one has the value of 5, (5 livres Pick62 for type), the other has a value of 10 in Roman & Arabic, possibly an unadopted design which needs verifying, circa 1907, printers annotations in pencil, both stuck to thin paper from a book page, one on each side.
Russia (5) 100 rubles 1910 (2) and 500 rubles 1912, provisional 1000 rubles & 5000 both dated 1919 these all GEF to about UNC, modern Turkey x 2 and Williams Deacon Bank Ltd of Wigan memorandum referring to Russian banknotes dated 1917
World a collection in an album (310) a wide variety, not all common types, No Turkey or Yugoslavia, includes Greece (25) and Paranumismatic Historical Educational notes, in mixed circulated grades
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