7 500 000 Lira Cyclamen trochopteranthum

Turkey's 2002 wildlife flora series coincided with the final years of the old lira before the catastrophic redenomination of 2005, when six zeros were stripped from the currency following decades of chronic inflation. Face values in the millions had become routine on circulating coinage, making the 7,500,000-lira denomination unremarkable by contemporary standards despite sounding extraordinary in retrospect.

Cyclamen trochopteranthum is a species native to southwestern Turkey, where it grows at altitude on rocky limestone soils — its inclusion in the series reflected a broader Turkish conservationist agenda tied to international biodiversity commitments of the period.