82

TURKEY / OTTOMAN EMPIRE

Value

1/2 Livre Turque

Issued by

Dette Publique Ottomane

Date

L. 22.12. RC1331 / 04.01.1916*
* 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.


 

 


BACK TO TURKEY BACK TO ASIA BACK TO INDEX