Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1891 — A Turkish Bank Note. [ARTICLE]

A Turkish Bank Note.

'The bill is on imperial green paper, a oolor held sacred in Turkey, which the

Government alone is permitted to use. On the, top and sides are the folloAving Avords in Turkish: “To be paid to the bearer, without interest, twenty piastres.” At tho top of the note is the Sultan’s toghra, surrounding Avhich is a quotation from the Koran. Underneath are the words: “Twenty piastres, paper money, to be used in the place of gold at the Bank of Constantinople.” At the base of the note is the seal of the mine, and on the back tho seal of the Minister of tho Treasury. Tho toghra is considered sacred, and guarded by the three highest officials of the mint, whoso sole duty it is to watch it.—[New York Advertiser.