100 lirasi 1971

Common. The catalog value data indicates this note trades in the $5-$10 range for uncirculated examples (per 2019 catalog valuations), with recent eBay sales showing prices between $16-$32 for graded specimens (PMG 64-67). The consistent availability and modest pricing clearly indicate widespread circulation during the note's issue period with substantial remaining supply in the collector market. The print run for this 1970-dated issue was evidently substantial, and the note remains readily obtainable.

Issued during the early 1970s by the Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankasi (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey), this note commemorates President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, whose portrait dominates the obverse side. The reverse features Mount Ararat, a symbolically important peak in Armenian and Turkish cultural geography, reflecting Turkey's national identity during the early Cold War period. The ornate Ottoman-inspired design elements underscore the continuity between the Ottoman heritage and the modern Turkish nation-state.

The obverse features a right-facing profile portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and first president of the Turkish Republic, rendered in fine line engraving and positioned at the right side of the note. The background employs a blue-green color scheme on multicolor underprint. The design is framed by an ornate decorative border featuring Ottoman-style geometric and floral patterns, with large denomination numerals '100' positioned in the upper left and upper right corners within elaborate cartouches. A central medallion contains intricate geometric and floral designs characteristic of Turkish artistic traditions. The reverse depicts Mount Ararat, the legendary mountain spanning the Turkish-Armenian border, rendered as a snow-capped landscape engraving in brown tones dominating the center composition. Both sides employ symmetrical arrangements of denomination frames and security patterns.

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Intaglio engraving (line engraving and recess printing), evidenced by the fine line work visible in the portrait, landscape rendering, and guilloche security patterns throughout the design. The multicolor printing technique appears to utilize multiple pass registration to achieve the blue-green primary color on the obverse and brown on the reverse, with gold/orange accent colors. This is consistent with European security printers' standards of the 1970s. The specific printer for Pick 189b is not definitively documented in the provided references, but Turkish central bank notes of this era were typically produced by established European security printers.

This specimen displays the Pick 189b variety designation, which is distinguished from Pick 189a by signature varieties—the catalog specifically notes 'three signature varieties' exist for this issue. The visual analysis identifies this example with serial number prefix 'H' and shows administrative titles 'BAŞKAN' (President) and 'BAŞKAN YARDIMCISI' (Vice President), indicating this is a signed variant. The prefix designation noted in references as 'F28-I44' relates to watermark and security features. The specific signature variety of this particular note (which of the three known variants) would require specialist reference access to definitively determine, but standard catalogs identify these by position and official titles present.