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1 Lira Desert Monitor
| Issuer | Turkish State Mint (Darphane) |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Thickness | 2.1 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central brass ring field features the Turkish crescent and star emblem at top, flanked by two stylised tulip sprays forming a wreath. Within the wreath, the denomination numeral '1' appears prominently above the two-line legend 'TÜRK LİRASI' and the date '2015' in the lower field. The circumferential legend 'TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ' runs along the outer ring. The mint mark appears at the base of the inner disc. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Turkey's wildlife series, launched in the 2010s, was the mint's response to the growing European collector market for circulating bimetallic commemoratives. The desert monitor (Varanus griseus) is native to the arid regions of southeastern Anatolia — one of the few places in the world where a varanid lizard reaches its natural northwestern range limit. That biogeographic fact, rather than any numismatic rarity, is what makes this issue worth noting.