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500 Lira

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Features

Issuer Turkey
Issuing bank Central Bank of Turkey (Türkiye Cümhuriyet Merkez Bankasi)
Period Republic (1923-date)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Years 1971-1974
Value 500 Lira (500 TRL)
Currency Old lira (1923-2005)
Composition Paper
Size 170 × 80 mm
Shape Rectangular
Issued 1 September 1971
Demonetized 15 June 1994
Number
N#
214683
References P# 190
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
, TBB# 267
Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).

Series: E6 Emission Group

Obverse

A portrait of President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET
MERKEZ BANKASI

BEŞYÜZ
TÜRK LİRASI

Translation: Central Bank of the Turkish Republic, Five Hundred Turkish Lira

Engraver: Alfred Nefe

Designer: Fiorenzo Masino Bessi

Reverse

The main entrance of Istanbul University

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYET
MERKEZ BANKASI

500
TÜRK LİRASI

Translation: Central Bank of the Turkish Republic, 500 Turkish Lira

Engraver: Rudolf Toth

Designer: Fiorenzo Masino Bessi

Signatures

Mehmet Naim Talu (MNT) Governor
Memduh Güpgüpoğlu (MG₁) Vice-Governor
Memduh Güpgüpoğlu (MG₂) Governor
Yahya Arslaner (YA) Vice-Governor

Printer

Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası Banknot Matbaası, Ankara, Turkey (1955-date)

Comments

Signatures
Series I: Naim Talu, Memduh Güpgüpoğlu
Series II: Memduh Güpgüpoğlu, Yahya Arslaner

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Date Signatures No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1971)  MNT, MG₁ 25 020 000 Series I; Prefix: A, B, C, D 18%
ND (1974)  MG₂, YA Photo 257 102 000 $ 10 $ 13 $ 14 Series II, Prefix: E, F, G, H, İ, J, K, L, M, N, O 50%
ND (1974)  MG₂, YA $ 24 Series II, Series Z; Replacement 35%

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 500 LiraPicture 1 of a sold 500 Lira
Katz
Auction 93
Lot 2217
Internet Archive
24 Aug 2023 ND (1974) MG₂, YA – Series II, Prefix: E, F, G, H, İ, J, K, L, M, N, O XF USD 10.45
(EUR 9.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 LiraPicture 1 of a sold 500 Lira
Katz
Auction 62
Lot 3508
Internet Archive
21 Jun 2022 Undetermined XF Unsold
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