P-75 | 1/2 Livre Turque
Value:
Issued By:
Banque Impériale Ottomane (Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmanye Bankasi)
Date:
30.03.RC1331 / 12.04.1915*
* error in catalog, listing "AH".
During the period of this note the Ottoman Empire did not use the lunar AH (Anno Hegirae, Year of the Hijira) calendar, but was dating according the RC (Roman Calendar, Rumi Takvim), which was based on the solar year. This was a calendar only used for fiscal purposes in Turkey, and which was subject in these days to two calendar reforms.
* error in catalog, listing "AH".
During the period of this note the Ottoman Empire did not use the lunar AH (Anno Hegirae, Year of the Hijira) calendar, but was dating according the RC (Roman Calendar, Rumi Takvim), which was based on the solar year. This was a calendar only used for fiscal purposes in Turkey, and which was subject in these days to two calendar reforms.
Occasion:
Giesecke & Devrient, Germany
Signature:
1/2 Livre Turque
75L
left half of TURKEY P-69
75R
right half of TURKEY P-69
