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((Short description|Currency of the Ottoman Empire 1844–1922))
((more citations needed|date=June 2019))
((Infobox currency
| name = Ottoman pound
| local_name = ليرا
| local_name_lang = ota
| local_name2 = livre turque
| local_name_lang2 = fr
| image_1 = 36-1336-01-500K-kost-au.jpg
| image_title_1 = LT&nbsp;5 (500pt) coin
| image_2 = Ottoman Turkish 100 Lira.jpg
| image_title_2 = LT&nbsp;100 banknote
| using_countries = ((flag|Ottoman Empire))
|unofficial_users = ((flag|Turkey)) ''(until the [[Turkish lira]] started circulating)''
| subunit_ratio_1 = ((frac|1|5))
| subunit_name_1 = mecidiye or medjidiye (colloquially; ((lang|ota|مجیدیه)))
| subunit_ratio_2 = ((frac|1|100))
| subunit_name_2 = [[kuruş|piastre]] (pt.; ((lang|ota|قروش)))
| subunit_ratio_3 = ((frac|1|4000))
| subunit_name_3 = [[para (currency)|para]] (p; ((lang|ota|پاره)))
| symbol = L.T.
| used_coins = 1p, 5p, 10p, 20p, ((frac|1|2))pt, 1pt, 2pt, 5pt, 10pt, 20pt, LT&nbsp;((frac|1|4)), LT&nbsp;((frac|1|2)), LT&nbsp;1, LT&nbsp;((frac|2|1|2)), LT&nbsp;5
| used_banknotes = 1pt, 5pt, 10pt, 20pt, 40pt, 50pt, LT&nbsp;1, LT&nbsp;2, LT&nbsp;5, LT&nbsp;10, LT&nbsp;25, LT&nbsp;50, LT&nbsp;100, LT&nbsp;500, LT&nbsp;1,000
| issuing_authority = [[Ottoman Bank]]
| obsolete = yes
))
[[File:An “Ottomanist” banknote (12965961093).jpg|thumb|1-lira note dated 1875 but not issued until 1880; it contains text in [[Persian language|Persian]], Turkish, French, Greek, Armenian and Arabic]]
[[File:Lira of Mehmed V, 1911.jpg|thumb|Lira of [[Mehmed V]], 1911]]
The '''pound''' or '''lira''' (sign: '''LT'''; ((Lang-ota|ليرا|līrā)); ((Lang-fr|livre turque)); ((Lang-el|οθωμανική λίρα|othomanikí líra)); ((Lang-hy|Օսմանյան լիրա|Osmanyan lira)); ((Lang-ar|ليرة عثمانية|līra, lēra ʕuṯmāniyya))) was the currency of the [[Ottoman Empire]] from 1844<ref>((Cite book |last=Pamuk |first=Şevket |title=A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2000 |isbn=0521441978 |pages=191 ))</ref> until 1927, when it was replaced by the [[Turkish lira]]. The Ottoman lira remained in circulation until the end of 1927, as the republic was not in a position to issue its own banknotes yet in its early years.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/egm/ing/b001000e.html|title=History of Paper Money |publisher=Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey|access-date=8 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929031630/http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/egm/ing/b001000e.html|archive-date=29 September 2013|df=dmy-all))</ref>

The Ottoman lira replaced the ((lang|fr|[[kuruş|piastre]])) (((lang-tr|kuruş))) as the principal unit of currency in the Ottoman Empire, with the ((lang|fr|piastre)) continuing to circulate as a subdivision of the lira, with 100 ((lang|fr|piastres)) = 1 lira. The para also continued to be used, with 40 para = 1 ((lang|fr|piastre)).

Until the 1930s, the Arabic script was used on Turkish coins and banknotes, with ((lang|ota|پاره)) for para, ((lang|ota|قروش)) for ((lang|tr|kuruş)) and ((lang|ota|ليرا)) for lira (((lang|ota|تورك ليراسي)) for 'Turkish lira'). In European languages, the ((lang|tr|kuruş)) was known as the ((lang|fr|piastre)), whilst the lira was known as the ((lang|fr|livre)) in French and the ''pound'' in English.<ref>((cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/brooksforeignexc00brooiala/page/30/mode/2up?q=Turkish+lira |title=Brooks' foreign exchange text book&thinsp;: An elementary treatise on foreign exchange and the monetary systems of the world&thinsp;: For the instruction and use of the banker, exporter, importer, tourist and particularly for the scholar and student |year=1908 ))</ref> English-language publications used "£T" as the sign for the currency,<ref>((Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Pound |volume=22 |pages=221–222; see page 221 |quote=Pound.— |short=1 ))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.53346/page/n231/mode/2up?q=+turkish+lira |title=Modern Business Practice, Vol.8 |year=1913 ))</ref> but it is unknown whether it was ever used natively.

Between 1844 and 1881, the lira was on a bimetallic standard, with LT&nbsp;1 = 6.61519&nbsp;grams pure gold (roughly ((frac|9|10)) of a [[Sovereign (British coin)|Sovereign]]) = 99.8292&nbsp;grams pure silver. In 1881, the gold standard was adopted and continued until 1914. World War I saw Turkey effectively depart from the gold standard with the gold lira being worth about LT&nbsp;9 in paper money by the early 1920s.

Between 1844 and 1855, coins were introduced in denominations of 1p, 5p, 10p, 20p, ((frac|1|2))pt, 1pt, 2pt, 5pt, 10pt, 20pt and LT&nbsp;((frac|1|4)), LT&nbsp;((frac|1|2)), LT&nbsp;1, LT&nbsp;((frac|2|1|2)) and LT&nbsp;5. The para denominations were struck in copper, the ((lang|tr|kuruş)) in silver and the lira in gold. The 1p was discontinued in 1859, with the higher copper denominations ceasing production between 1863 and 1879. In 1899, [[billon (alloy)|billon]] 5p and 10p were introduced, followed by nickel 5p, 10p, 20p and 40p in 1910. Gold coins continued to be minted after the abolition of the gold standard, even into the 1920s, but their value far exceeded the value of the equivalent denominations in paper currency.

The central [[Ottoman Bank]] first issued paper currency known as ((lang|tr|kaime)) in 1862, in the denomination of 200[[kuruş|pt]]. The notes bore texts in Turkish and French. Notes for LT&nbsp;1, LT&nbsp;2 and LT&nbsp;5 were introduced in 1873. In 1876, smaller denomination notes were introduced for 1pt, 5pt, 10pt, 20pt, 50pt and 100pt. In 1908, LT&nbsp;50 and LT&nbsp;100 notes were introduced.

From 1912, the [[Ministry of Finance (Ottoman Empire)|Ministry of Finance]] issued paper money. Initially, notes were produced in denominations of 5pt and 20pt, LT&nbsp;((frac|1|4)), LT&nbsp;((frac|1|2)), LT&nbsp;1 and LT&nbsp;5, followed the next year by 1pt and ((frac|2|1|2))pt, LT&nbsp;((frac|2|1|2)), LT&nbsp;10, LT&nbsp;25, LT&nbsp;50, LT&nbsp;100 and LT&nbsp;500. LT&nbsp;1,000 notes were introduced in 1914. In 1917, [[postage stamp]] money was issued in the form of 5p and 10p stamps affixed to card.

==References==
((Reflist))

((Portal|Turkey|Money|Numismatics))
((Lira))

[[Category:Coins of the Ottoman Empire]]
[[Category:1923 disestablishments in Turkey]]
[[Category:1844 establishments in the Ottoman Empire]]

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