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7 500 000 Lira Eurasian griffon vulture
| Issuer | Turkish State Mint (Darphane) |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Within a square field with rounded corners, the Turkish crescent and star emblem appears at the top centre above the two-line legend TURKiYE CUMHURiYETi. Below, the denomination 7.500.000 LIRA and the date 2001 are inscribed in the field. An open wreath composed of wheat ears on the left and an olive branch on the right frames the lower portion of the field, tied at the base, with the Turkish State Mint monogram appearing at the centre below the date. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed high-relief depiction of an Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) standing in three-quarter view facing right, rendered with careful attention to feather texture across the wings, breast, and back. The bird is perched on rocky ground with scattered bone fragments at its feet, and additional vultures are visible in the upper left background. The Turkish common name KIZIL AKBABA appears to the right of the bird in two lines, followed by the Linnaean binomial Gyps fulvus in italic script below. The engraver's signature N. Verlibusak is incised in the lower left field. |
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