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Watermarks and Printers of Ottoman WWI Banknotes: A Comprehensive Correlation Study
☐ Background The Ottoman Empire entered the 1st World War extremely short of funds. The refusal of the Ottoman Imperial Bank (OTB) to issue a signific...
When a “Unique” Ottoman Note Gets a Twin: 5 Lira 1918, 5th Emission, Series H
Within the family of 5 lira notes dated 28 March 1334 (1918), issued by the Ministry of Finance of the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Mehmed Vahdeddin, ...
The First Kaime: The Birth of Interest-Bearing Banknotes in the Ottoman Empire (1840)
Introduction In January 1840, the Ottoman Empire took a bold leap into the modern age of monetary policy with the issuance of its first paper currenc...