10000 — Ten Thousand Lira
The artwork
Front: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in a wing collar and bow tie, turned in three-quarter profile to the left, engraved in slate blue against green guilloche. Behind him a band of interlaced Seljuk knotwork runs across the top, with tulip and carnation motifs at the right edge and a tiled crown ornament lower left. The value reads ON BİN TÜRK LİRASI above the law reference of 14 January 1970, no. 1211, and the two signatures.
Back: An all-green scene: Mimar Sinan, the Ottoman court architect, shown bearded and in a great turban, named and dated 1490–1588 beneath his shoulder. Behind him rises his Selimiye Mosque at Edirne, its four slender minarets flanking the great dome, with cypresses at the foot of the walls. A tulip and stem ornament fills the left margin under the numeral 10000.
In circulation
A mid-1980s issue that answered the inflation of the period, when 10,000 lira was the top denomination. It was overtaken within a few years by 20,000, 50,000 and eventually million-lira notes. All old lira ceased to be legal tender after the 2005 redenomination, when one new lira replaced a million of these.
Details
- IssuerTürkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası
- CurrencyLira
- DenominationTen Thousand Lira
- Collectedon the Türkiye journeys, 1995–2022
- SeriesIssued under the law of 14 January 1970, no. 1211; serial prefix in the style J83
- SignatureTwo: Başkan (Governor) and Başkan Yardımcısı (Deputy Governor)