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1 Lira Demoiselle Crane
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Bimetallic coin featuring the Turkish crescent moon and star device at the top of the brass centre, flanked by a stylised wreath of laurel and floral branches rendered in high relief. The denomination '1' appears prominently in the centre of the field, with 'TÜRK LIRASI' inscribed below and the date '2013' at the base of the wreath. The encircling copper-nickel ring bears the legend 'TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ' distributed around the full circumference in raised Latin lettering. |
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| Mintage | 2013 - - 15,000 |
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The "Demoiselle Crane" lira belongs to Turkey's ongoing wildlife conservation series, which the Central Bank launched to draw attention to endangered and regionally significant fauna. The demoiselle crane — known in Turkish as *telli turna* — holds an unusual dual status: it appears in Anatolian folk poetry and wedding traditions as a symbol of longing and migration, yet its actual breeding populations in the Central Anatolian steppe have declined sharply due to agricultural encroachment on wetland habitats.
KM# 1297 is one of several bimetallic circulation-quality issues from this period sharing the same physical specification, distinguished only by the reverse subject.