Banknotes from the Ottoman Empire

At the beginning of the 14th century, the decline of the Sultanate of Rum led to the emergence of many principalities in Anatolia. The most remarkable of them was born following the conquest of Mocadene by Osman I: in 1299, the Ottoman Beylik was born. The Ottomans will continue their expansion in Asia Minor and the Balkans to the detriment of the Byzantine Empire in the West and the Karamanids in the East: in 1335, the capital moved from Bursa to Edirne and kept this status until the taking of Constantinople, which led to the end of Byzantine civilization in 1453 during the reign of Mehmed II. From this date, several eyalets led by pashas will be created to govern the different provinces of the country. From then on, the Empire prospered thanks to its total control over the Black Sea, the slave trade and the Silk Road. The decisive victory of Selim Ist at the Battle of Ridaniya in 1517 brought about the end of the Mamluk Sultanate and allowed the Empire to expand on the Maghreb while moving the center of the Islamic Caliphate to Constantinople. The victories of his son, Suleiman the Magnificent, shook Europe as the Empire continued to expand in the East. The akçe, traditional silver currency, is then replaced in the southern and eastern territories by larger modules, the medini and dirham. The Empire is at its peak, but finds itself wedged between the Vasa, Habsburg and Russians in the North, the British Empire in the West and the Safavids in the East. During this phase of stagnation, the akçe suffers many devaluations and will gradually disappear at the end of the 17th century in favor of the para which will become, with the kurus, the new standard. The decline began in the 19th century with the loss of all its territories in Europe following the advance of the Russian front and the independence of some provinces in the Balkans. The final coup de grace will be carried to the end of the First World War: the victory of the allies bringing the occupation then the partition of the territory in various states.
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Kuruş (1688-1844)

3 Akçe = 1 Para • 40 Para = 1 Kuruş

20 Kurush
ND (1854)

Standard banknote
130 × 89 mm
P# 24, N# 297196
50 Kurush
1256 (1840)

Standard banknote

P# 2, N# 297191
1000 Kurush
1256 (1840)

Standard banknote

P# 6, N# 297192

Lira (1844-1923)

40 Para = 1 Kuruş • 100 Kuruş = 1 Lira

5 Para (Postage stamp money)
ND (1917)

Standard banknote: Postage Stamp Money
37.5 × 25.0 mm
P# 116, N# 274814
10 Para (Postage Stamp Money)
ND (1917)

Standard banknote: Postage Stamp Money
38 × 25 mm
P# 118, N# 294434
1 Kurush (Second "Kaime" issue)
1293-1295 (1876-1877)

Standard banknote
77 × 50 mm
P# 46, N# 284304
Available for swap 1 Piastre (Law of 23 May AH1332)
1332 (1916)

Standard banknote
94 × 56 mm
P# 85, N# 204424
Available for swap 2½ Piastres (Law of 23 May RC1332)
1332 (1916)

Standard banknote
112 × 56 mm
P# 86, N# 204435
5 Kurush (Second "Kaime" issue)
1293-1295 (1876-1877)

Standard banknote
120 × 87 mm
P# 47, N# 284519
5 Piastres
1332 (1914)

Standard banknote

P# 96, N# 297235
5 Piastres (Law of 22 December RC1331)
1331 (1915)

Standard banknote
114 × 81 mm
P# 79, N# 252718
Available for swap 5 Piastres (Law of 6 August RC1332)
1332 (1916)

Standard banknote
114 × 82 mm
P# 87, N# 220961
10 Kurush
ND (1853-1854)

Standard banknote
105 × 68 mm
P# 23, N# 297195
10 Kurush
ND (1855-1857)

Standard banknote

P# 25, N# 297197
10 Kurush
1293 (1876)

Standard banknote
163 × 115 mm
P# 42, N# 297204
10 Kuruş (Second "Kaime" issue)
1293-1295 (1876-1877)

Standard banknote
172 × 59 mm
P# 48, N# 262597
20 Kurush
ND (1852)

Standard banknote
151 × 94 mm
P# 22, N# 297193
20 Kurush
ND (1855-1857)

Standard banknote

P# 26, N# 297198
20 Kurush
1277 (1861)

Standard banknote

P# 36, N# 297199
20 Kuruş (Second "Kaime" issue)
1293-1295 (1876-1877)

Standard banknote
167 × 121 mm
P# 49, N# 245720
20 Piastres (Law of 22 December RC1331)
1331 (1915)

Standard banknote
130 × 88 mm
P# 80, N# 284179
20 Piastres (Law of 6 August AH1332)
1332 (1916)

Standard banknote
130 × 90 mm
P# 88, N# 215045
20 Piastres (Law of 4 February RC1332)
1332 (1916)

Standard banknote
130 × 88 mm
P# 97, N# 284187
¼ Livre
1331 (1915)

Standard banknote

P# 71, N# 297221
¼ Livre (Law of 22 December RC1331)
1331 (1915)

Standard banknote
160 × 85 mm
P# 81, N# 284189
50 Kurush
1277 (1861)

Standard banknote

P# 37, N# 297200
50 Kurush
1293 (1876)

Standard banknote

P# 44, N# 297206
50 Kurush (Second "Kaime" issue)
1293-1295 (1876-1877)

Standard banknote: 1876 Second "Kaime" Issue
125 × 75 mm
P# 50, N# 284571
50 Kurush
1294-1295 (1877-1878)

Standard banknote

P# 52, N# 297210
½ Livre
1331 (1915)

Standard banknote

P# 76, N# 297224
½ Livre (Law of 22 December RC1331)
1331 (1915)

Standard banknote
168 × 90 mm
P# 82, N# 284193
½ Livre
1331 (1915)

Standard banknote
160 × 90 mm
P# 89, N# 297228
½ Livre
1332 (1916)

Standard banknote

P# 98, N# 297236
100 Kurush
1277 (1861)

Standard banknote
185 × 133 mm
P# 38, N# 297202
100 Kurush
1277 (1861)

Standard banknote
185 × 133 mm
P# 41, N# 297203
1 Livre
1290 (1873)

Standard banknote

P# 59, N# 297215
100 Kurush
1293 (1876)

Standard banknote

P# 45, N# 297207
100 Kurush
1293-1295 (1876-1878)

Standard banknote

P# 51, N# 297209
100 Kurush
1294-1295 (1877-1878)

Standard banknote

P# 53, N# 297211
1 Livre (Law of 30 March RC1331)
1331 (1915)

Standard banknote
173 × 96 mm
P# 69, N# 284217
1 Livre
1331 (1915)

Standard banknote

P# 73, N# 297222
1 Livre
1331 (1915)

Standard banknote

P# 83, P# 84, N# 297226
Available for swap 1 Livre (Law of August RC1332)
1332 (1916)

Standard banknote
173 × 96 mm
P# 68, N# 284247
1 Livre (Law of 6 August AH1332)
1332 (1916)

Standard banknote
174 × 96 mm
P# 90, N# 202371
1 Livre (Law of 4 February RC1332)
1332 (1916)

Standard banknote
173 × 96 mm
P# 99, N# 284221
200 Piastres
1279 (1863)

Standard banknote

P# 55, N# 297212
2½ Livre (Law of 4 February RC1332)
1332 (1916)

Standard banknote
185 × 115 mm
P# 100, N# 284297
2½ Livres
1334 (1918)

Standard banknote

P# 108, N# 297248
5 Livres
1299 (1882)

Standard banknote

P# 60, N# 297216
5 Livres
1326 (1908)

Standard banknote

P# 64, N# 297218
5 Livres
1331 (1915)

Standard banknote

P# 70, N# 297220
5 Livres
1331 (1915)

Standard banknote

P# 74, N# 297223
5 Livres
1332 (1916)

Standard banknote

P# 91, N# 297229
5 Livres
1333 (1917)

Standard banknote

P# 104, N# 297239
5 Livres
1334 (1918)

Standard banknote

P# 109, N# 297249
10 Livres
1332 (1916)

Standard banknote

P# 92, N# 297230
10 Livres
1332 (1916)

Standard banknote

P# 101, N# 297237
10 Livres
1334 (1918)

Standard banknote

P# 110, N# 297250
25 Livres
1333 (1917)

Standard banknote

P# 105, N# 297241
25 Livres
1334 (1918)

Standard banknote

P# 111, N# 297251
50 Livres
1332 (1916)

Standard banknote

P# 93, N# 297231
50 Livres
1334 (1918)

Standard banknote

P# 112, N# 297252
100 Livres
1326 (1908)

Standard banknote

P# 66, N# 297219
100 Livres
1332 (1916)

Standard banknote

P# 103, N# 297238
100 Livres
1333 (1917)

Standard banknote

P# 106, N# 297243
100 Livres
1334 (1918)

Standard banknote

P# 107A, N# 297246
100 Livres
1334 (1918)

Standard banknote

P# 113, N# 297253
500 Livres
1332 (1916)

Standard banknote

P# 94, N# 297232
500 Livres
1334 (1916)

Standard banknote

P# 114, N# 297254
500 Livres
1334 (1918)

Standard banknote

P# 107B, N# 297247
1000 Livres
1333 (1915)

Standard banknote

P# 107, N# 297245
1000 Livres
1334 (1916)

Standard banknote

P# 115, N# 297255
50 000 Livres
1332 (1914)

Standard banknote

P# 95, N# 297234

Unspecified currency

2 Medjidies d'Or
1279 (1863)

Standard banknote

P# 57, N# 297214
20 Kurush
1293 (1876)

Standard banknote

P# 43, N# 297205

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