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5 Turkish lira note

5 turkish lira note front

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Design

Description:
Size: 130 x 64mm
Main color: Brown
Date of issue: 1 January 2009

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The Turkish 5 lira note is a denomination of Turkish currency. A portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, a Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, author, and the founding father of the Republic of Turkey is featured on the obverse of the note. A Turkish historian of science Aydın Sayılı, diagrams of solar system, atom, ancient cave and a left-handed Z-DNA helix are featured on the reverse. Paper tinted with a lighter tone of the the dominant color of the denomination is used.

Security Features:

Security features can help you to tell if a 5 Turkish lira note is fake or real.

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1.Holographic Stripe

5 turkish lira note Holographic Stripe

The foil motifs of 5 Turkish lira note corresponds with the note design. Tilt the banknote and look at the hologram from various angles, these motifs display colorful and shiny reflections. "TL" letters in the rectangle change into the denomination of the note.

2.Security Thread

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The security thread is embedded in the banknote paper. If you look closely, the letters "TL" and the denomination numeral "5" are visible along the thread from both sides of the 5 Turkish lira note.

3.Latent Number

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Concealed "5" can be seen when the banknote is tilted horizontally at the eye level.

4.Watermark

5 turkish lira note Watermark

Hold the bill to light and look for the watermark, similar to the large portrait. The watermark is part of the paper itself and can be seen from both sides of the bill. Reproduces the small version of the Ataturk's portrait located on the obverse side of the banknote and the denomination of the banknote.

5.See Through

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When held up to the light, front and back elements combine perfectly the form of the denomination of the note.

6.Intaglio Printing

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The security thread is embedded in the banknote paper. If you look closely, the letters "TL" and the denomination numeral "5" are visible along the thread from both sides of the 5 Turkish lira note.

7.Iridescent Stripe

5 turkish lira note Iridescent Stripe

Tilt the banknote of 5 Turkish lira and you will see different color effects, shifting into a golden yellow. The denomination numeral "5" and the letters "TL" can be seen on the obverse side of the banknote.

8.Security Feature for Visually Impaired

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On the obverse side of the 5 Turkish lira note, to the upper left corner of the watermark, dots using the Braille alphabet for visually handicapped, are applied by intaglio printing which are different for each denomination and can be felt with fingertips.

9.Microlettering

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The letters "TCMB" on the bottom and top edges of the rectangle on the holographic stripe and "5 TL" within the crescent-star on the obverse side of the 5 Turkish lira note are printed in microletters.

10. Features Visible Under UV Light

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Under UV light:

  1. The paper itself does not glow
  2. Fine fibers embedded in the banknote paper are not normally visible. These fibers glow in blue and red colors under UV light
  3. The security thread will glow in blue
  4. The denomination numeral "5" and "TL" letters on the Ataturk portrait will appear and glow in red
  5. The serial and sequence numbers printed in "red" will glow in "bright and shiny red" and those printed in "black" in a "yellowish green

Sources:
tcmb.gov.tr
wikipedia.org