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1 Lira Loggerhead Sea Turtle
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | A loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is depicted in detailed relief, swimming to the right above a stylised seabed rendered across the lower portion of the inner field. Two small fish are shown above the turtle in the upper field. The scientific binomial legend 'CARETTA CARETTA' is inscribed in Latin script across the upper portion of the design, contained within the central copper-nickel disc. |
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| Reverse lettering | CARETTA CARETTA |
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Turkey's bimetallic lira series, launched after the redenomination that dropped six zeros from the Turkish lira in 2005, included several wildlife reverses chosen partly to signal ecological responsibility alongside monetary reform. The loggerhead sea turtle was a deliberate selection — Turkey hosts some of the Mediterranean's most significant loggerhead nesting beaches, particularly at Dalyan and Patara, which had been subject to intense conservation battles against coastal development through the 1980s and 1990s.
KM#1264 is a circulating business strike, not a commemorative issue.