Turkey Ottoman Empire Five Piastres banknote 1917, Law of 6 August AH1332
State Notes of the Ministry of Finance
Dette Publique Ottomane - Ottoman Public Debt
Obverse: Arabic text on olive underprint, signed Cavid and Huseyin Cahid. Denomination in words is in Arabic and French language. At top - Toughra of Mehmed V, 27th Caliph of the Ottoman Caliphate 35th Ottoman Sultan (A tughra is a calligraphic monogram, seal or signature of a sultan that was affixed to all official documents and correspondence. It was also carved on his seal and stamped on the coins minted during his reign.)
Specimen, Serie 1, No.000000 on front, Specimen in Arabic perforated at top signature (P.87s; Gaciroglu RS-5-1).
Banknotes of Ottoman Empire
Dette Publique Ottomane - Ottoman Public Debt