P-NL(137) - 100 Türk Lirası
Value:
100 Türk Lirası
Issued By:
Türkiye Cümhuriyet Merkez Bankası
Date:
L. 1930
Remark:
Specimen
listed as P-137 in old catalogs, but deleted with an incorrect reference to TURKEY P-130
(TURKEY P-130 shows the portrait of Kemal Atatürk)
These notes were on the SS "City of Roubaix" when it was sunk by German warplanes in Piraeus (Greece).
Notes that escaped confiscation were introduced by Greek and non-Muslim tradesmen and put into circulation in eastern provinces where the means of communication were poor. The variety of notes confused the public who were not in a position to be able to tell if they were legitimate or not.
These notes exchanged hands among the public unofficially.
Up through 1945, the government in Ankara had great difficulty withdrawing these notes from circulation.
listed as P-137 in old catalogs, but deleted with an incorrect reference to TURKEY P-130
(TURKEY P-130 shows the portrait of Kemal Atatürk)
These notes were on the SS "City of Roubaix" when it was sunk by German warplanes in Piraeus (Greece).
Notes that escaped confiscation were introduced by Greek and non-Muslim tradesmen and put into circulation in eastern provinces where the means of communication were poor. The variety of notes confused the public who were not in a position to be able to tell if they were legitimate or not.
These notes exchanged hands among the public unofficially.
Up through 1945, the government in Ankara had great difficulty withdrawing these notes from circulation.
