108

TURKEY / OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Value

2½ Livres Turques
Issued by

Dette Publique Ottomane
Date

L. 28.03.RC1334 / 28.03.1918*
* 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.

 

 
108b

round stamp on back: TROISIÈME ÉMISSION

108c

round stamp on back: CINQUIÈME ÉMISSION
108a

round stamp on back: DEUXIÈME ÉMISSION
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