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During
latter years of Ottoman Empire there was a shortage of small currencies
and as a result charities, schools, private companies, Greek and Armenian
churches, synagogues, and mosques were permitted to issue their own "paper
tokens" for internal use only.
Several different types have been identified. The note shown above was
issued by the company "Şirket-i Hayriye" or as written in French on the
token "Chirket-i Hairié". This company is known today as
 Istanbul Sea Bus
Company, İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri
İşletmesi.
We gratefully acknowledge Ottoman
Empire Coins & Banknotes for providing the above information.
AB
We gratefully acknowledge AB for submitting these images.
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