P-76 | 1/2 Livre Turque
Value:
Issued By:
Banque Impériale Ottomane (Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmanye Bankasi)
Date:
18.10. RC1331 / 31.10.1915 (cut in half 1916)*
* 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
76L
left half of TURKEY P-73
76R
right half of TURKEY P-73
76L
76L
76R
76R
