
1st
emmission 1st arrangement( İstanbul ) 200 kurush banknote ( TL) serial number
000002 exported on 16th November 1863. With the seal of Sultan Edhem and the
signatures of Alleon and Falconnet. These words written from a later date
can be read on it " 5th july 1890. Given by Mr. Ch. Holmes and recieved as
a sample . Kept by the late Sir Frederic W Smythe "
Emmision
1 arrangement 1 ( İstanbul) 200 Kurush banknote's rear face(TL) 005067 serial
number.Exported on 16 th November 1863. Will be paid the equıvalent in silver
is found on the front face

Emmision
1 (İzmir) pieces of a 200 kurush banknote (OBA) the part with 02587? Serial
numberbelongs to the IV arrangement , as for the others they are understood
to be from the IV or V arrangement from the visible signatuture of Sandik
emini and the application of the signature of Cramer.

1st
Emmision 200 kurush banknote corners. (OBA) 0332799 and 033448 serial numbered
pieces. Varrangement (İzmir) it is certain that they belong to banknotes.
It is shown once again that besides these numbers the empty spaces in the
number ledger between 31,001- 39,0000 are in use. As for the corners with
the serial numbers 013337 and 014946 it is possible that they are from the
II arrangement ( İstanbul) or III arrangement ( İzmir)

1st
Emmision 2nd arrangement. Pieces of a 5 lira banknote ( OBA) 041788 serial
number.Exported on the 17th january 1874. Alleon and Smythes signatures can
be read.

1st
Emmision 2nd arrangement 5 lira banknote corners (OBA)

1st
emmision 3rd arrangement pieces of a 5 lira banknote. (OBA) 065932 serial
number. Exported on the 11 May 1875 . A very small part of the stamp of Ohannes
Çamiç Effendi's seal can be seen Smythes signature can clearly be seen.

1st
Emmision 3rd arrangement 5 lira banknote corners ( OBA)

3rd
Emmision 1st arrangement 5 lira banknote pieces ( OBA) 164989 serial number.
Exported on 20 july 1885 Foster and Beauvais signature can be read.

3rd
Emmision 1st arrangement 5 lira banknote corners ( OBA)


1st
emmision 2 lira banknote (TL) 019269 serial banknote exported on the 27th
November 1869 . With the seal of Aristidi Bey and the signatures of Alleon
and Smythe. Canceled with the word ANNULE written on the face of the note
and it is understood from the perforation PAYE that it was paid out.According
to bank records this note was cancelled on 12 September 1870.

50
kurush paper money (TL) with the seal of Murad V 2-31208 serial number According
to the records of the Ottoman bank this note was numbered on 5th october 1876
. with the seal of Ottoman Finance Minister Galib.

20 kurush paper money with the seal of Murad V (TL) 2-31208 serial number
. According to the records of the Ottoman bank this note was numbered on the
30th august 1876, the day that Murad was put off the throne.With the seal
of Ottoman Finance Minister Galib

100
kurush paper money with the seal of Abdülhamid 11(IA) 1838415 serial number
. According to the records of the Ottoman bank it was numbered on 30 January
1877. With the seal of Ottoman Finance Minister Galib

5
Kurush paper money with the seal of Abdülhamid (TL) 103-30924 serial number.
According to thr records of the Ottoman bank it was numbered on 13th June
1877. With the seal of Ottoman Finance Minister Mehmed Kani.

1
kurush paper money 's green and blue examples. With the seal of Abdülhamid
(TL) . According to the records of the Ottoman bank the blue one nubered 9-00022on
21st February 1877 and the green one 242-00068 on 15 April 1878. The first
carries the seal of Ottoman Finance Minister Galib and the second Sultan Yusuf Ziya.

2nd
emmision 2nd arrangement 1 Lira banknote (TL) 029054 serial number. Exported
on the 8th November 1890. With the seal of Mazhar Bey and the signatures of
Vincent and Beauvais.

2nd
Emmission 1 lira banknote corners ( OBA) on three of them (00001, 08000, 11111
) 1 arrangement and one (045000) 11 arrangement


A large coupon safe bill used like a banknot 20 lira sample(TL) with perforated
writing on the front and back saying " SPECİMEN B:W:&C" it is underestood
to have been sent by the printers Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. This specimen was
printed within the first twenty notebook stubbs and carries both 0001-2000
. on this safe bill name of the payee and payer was left blank with the purpose
of being filled in later andit shows it before it was filled in .

Large coupon used as a banknote for 100 Lira Safe bill. On the back and the
front face (OBA)as in the 20 Lira specimen the stubbs and was not in a legal
condition.

IVth
Emmission 1st 100 Lira banknote specimin. (TL) this sample was issued without
a number and is stamped" SPECİMEN" and the word "battal" is written with perforations.
The sinature of Deffes and Tristam can be read. As shortly after it was exported
Sultan Abdülhamid 11 was dethroned it was reurned as an import and this issue
is not to be found as a real note.


IVth
emmision 50 Lira banknote front and back face.(TL) 3582 serial number. Exported
on 8th april 1910 . ıt carries the signature of Hamid bay, Deffes and Tristam.On
the back face it has the signature " Nikolaidis" (?) and is stamped " Krikor
N Garabedian. In order to keep this note the names of a jeweller and merchant
are written on it.

Vth
Emmision Bank of Istanbul 1 Lira banknote front and rear face. (TL) and carries
the serial number 000001 A This was the first banknote to be exported on 17
August 1914. It carries the signature of Ferid bey , Nias and Tristam.This
banknote was printed by Zellich printers and the Ottoman bank safe receipt
is pressed on the rear.The safe receipt on the bank is formed in thin red
lines.This banknote is the only known example of an issue that was not known
until today.
The
safe receipt of the ıstanbul 1 Lira note s were brought one on top of the
other and it is understood that from each receipt four units 1 Lira note were
pressed.

VIth
emmision 1 lira banknote front and rear face ( TL) 0641590 serial number .
exported on the 4th Novembe r1914 It carries the signature of Ferid bey Nias
and Tristam.



1876-1878
paper money rear face .with the stamp of the treasury minister .








1876
-1878 paper money rear face with the stamp of the ottoman bank. These stamps
on the 1 Lira notes all said " Enregistre par la banque imperiale ottomane
Constantinople. ( recorded by the Ottoman bank - Istanbul.) they carry the
date of 1876 or 1877.
 This note
is very important as it clarifies the date of coming into power of Orhan
Gazi, which was disputed in old Ottoman times. Various
dates from 710=1310 to 727=1327 were alleged about the death of Osman
Gazi, thus coming into power of Orhan. On the other hand, it was understood
from a deed dated 723=1323 that Osman Gazi was alive at that time, and
from another deed dated 724=1324 that Osman had died in 724 and Orhan
had come to power in his place. Those coins
made it definite that Orhan was the emperor in 724=1324. No:
1 Silver Coin (AR) AE 18 m/m, 1 g Front face: Lâilâhe illallah Muham-medün Resulullah Rear face: Lehu duribe Orhan bin Osman Bursa 3
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 No:
2 Silver coin (AR) 13 m/m, 0,92 g Front
face: Sultan bin sultan Mehmed bin Bayezid Zide ümrühü Rear face: Duribe Amasya 812 Hullide mülkühü Han Mehmed
I (Çelebi) had silver coins printed at several places in 816=1413 with
the expression (Sultan bin sultan Mehmed bin Bayezid Han). While this
coin is the same as the coins dated 816, its date is 812, not 816. It
is understood that the date error of this coin is due to the reverse
printing of Arabic numeral 6. |
No:
4 Silver Coin (AR) 11 m/m, 0,62 g
Front
face: Sultan Selim Han Bin Bayezid Han Rear face: Azze nasrühü duribe Harput sene 917 No:
5 Silver Coin (AR) 12 m/m, 0,55 g
Front
face: Sultan Selim Şah bin Bayezid, sene 668 Ruha Rear face: Azze nasrühü These belong
to Selim I. Selim succeeded to the throne on 918=1512. However, the
coin no. 4 bears the date 917. Since Sultan Selim became the emperor
on 24 April 1512 = 7 Safer 918, it is understood that the date of 917
was falsely printed on the coin no. 4. It should be accepted that the
numeral 8 in the old writing was written reverse on this coin and formed
a 7. |
This
coin is a golden coin of Süleyman I (Kanuni). It was printed in Jeddah.
It reads (Süleyman bin Beyazid). Süleyman I assigned the name of his
grandfather Beyazıd Khan on this coin as well. Different from other
coins, it bears the expressions of "lillah" on its front face and "el-izzi"
on its rear face. Jeddah is a large city at the coast of the Red Sea
and is also the harbor of Mecca.
No:
6 Golden coin (AV) 18 m/m, 3,55 g Front
face: Daribün nadri lillâh sahibül izzi vennasri filberri velbahr
Rear face: Es sultan-ül izzi Süleyman bin Selim bin, Bayezid
Han azze nasrühü duribe Cidde sene |
This
is a coin of Süleyman I (Kanuni). This coin was printed in Balya. Balya
is a town of Balıkesir province and no coin printed in Balya was encountered
until now among the Ottoman coins. In the book of Peter Jaeckel published
in 1968 in Wiesbaden, showing the coining locations, the names of this
city and town are not included. In this regard, Jeddah and Balya are
added in the list of coining places of Ottoman coins.
No.
7 Silver Coin (AR) AE 13,5 m/m, 0,70 Front
face: Sultan Süleyman Şah bin Selim Han Balya sene 926 Rear face: Azze na (srühü) duribe |
This
is a coin of Sultan Süleyman I. In the catalog called Meskükât-ı Osmaniye
of Halil Ethem, there is an explanation as (in a private collection
another Aleppo copper coin dated 934 was seen an its front face read
"sikke-i sahib-i zaman" its rear face "azze nasırühü duribe Halep 934")
on this coin. Although the drawing of this copper coin is not good,
it is legible. This coin was not encountered in other catalogs.
No.
8 Copper Coin (AE) AE 12 m/m, 3,05 g Front
face: Sikke-i sahib-i zaman Rear face: Azze nasrühü duribe |
This
is also a coin of Sultan Süleyman I and printed in Constantinople. However,
although the date is generally 926 in the coins cut in Constantinople,
the date on this coin is 962. It is concluded that this coin was also
falsely made, and the order of the numerals 2 and 6 were written wrong.
No.
9 Silver Coin (AR) AE 12 m/m, 0,75 Front
face: Sultan Süleyman Şah bin Selim Han Rear face: Hullide mülkühü duribe Kostantaniye 962 |
This
is a silver coin of Selim II. It is the only coin printed in Hudeyde.
No similar coin was encountered in the catalogs until now.
No.
10 Silver Coin (AR) AE 10 m/m, 0,58 g Front
face: Sultan Selim şah (bin) Süleyman Han Rear face: (Azze) nasrühü duribe Hudeyde |
This
coin is a silver drachma of Murad III printed in Baghdad. It has a Grand
Seal and inside the seal "Gazi" is written.
No.
11 Silver drachma (AR) AE 18 m/m, 2,95 g Front
face: Tuğra han azze nasri.ihü (duribe) Bağdat Rear face: Sultan Murad Han Gazi bin (Selim) |
 This coin
is also a copper coin of Murad III. It was printed in 982 in Erzurum.
On its rear face, there is a star with six corners inside Mühr-ü Süleyman
(Cachet de Salomon). Although no name is written on either face of the
coin, it is of Ottoman copper type and its date corresponds to the throne
of Murad III. No.
12 Copper coin (AE) AE 16 m/m, 1,40 g Front
face: (In the middle) Erzurum, ((In the periphery) Duribe 982 Rear face: Star with 6 corners inside Mührü Süleyman |
This
coin is a golden coin called Rumî, printed in the 13th year of the reign
of Mahmud II (Adlî). Having been printed in the 13th year of the reign
constitutes the characteristic of this coin. Because it was known that
the Rumî golden coins were printed from the 9th year until the end of
12th year of the reign of Mahmud II. No similar golden coin printed
in the 13th year of the reign was encountered up to now.
No.
13 Golden coin (AV) AE 28 m/m, 4,43 g Front
face: Grand Seal (with a flower to the right) Rear face: (13) duribe fi Kostantiniye 1223 |
It
was printed with decorative gold called "Pul" at the time of Sultan
Mahmud II. It is estimated that these "pul"s were used as accessory
by women at that time.
No.
14 Decorative gold - pul AE 5-9 m/m, 0,12 g Front
face: Mahmud Rear face: Time No.
15 AE 9 m/m, 0,40 g
Front
face: Moon Rear face: Star |
Although
golden coins printed during the first and second years of the reign
of Mehmed VI (Vahidüddin), the last Ottoman Emperor, which lasted 4
years, 3 months and 28 days between 1336-1341 (1918-1922), are found,
those printed in the consequent years are very rarely encountered.
No.
17 Golden coin (AV) Fiver AE 34,5 m/m, 35,82 g Front
face: Grand Seal, Year 3 (500) Rear face: Azze nasrihü duribe fi Kostantiniye 1336 The
book "Osmanlı Bankası Arşivi ve Tahsin İşbiroğlu Koleksiyonundan Osmanlı
Bankası Banknotları (1863-1914)" (Ottoman Ban Notes from the Ottoman
Bank Archive and Tahsin İşbiroğlu Collection (1863-1914), Istanbul,
1999 was made use of. |