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7 500 000 Lira Gladiolus anatolicus
| Issuer | Turkish State Mint |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Currency | Old lira (1923-2005) |
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| Reverse description | A finely rendered botanically accurate depiction of the Anatolian gladiolus (Gladiolus anatolicus) occupies the entire oval field, showing two flowering stems with open blossoms, buds, and slender leaves rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished background. The engraver's signature N. Yerlibucak appears discreetly in the lower right field. The curved legend along the lower border reads ANADOLU GLAYÖLÜ in Turkish followed by the Latin binomial Gladiolus anatolicus, arching along the inner rim. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Turkey's 2002 collector issues appeared during one of the country's worst financial crises in modern history — the lira had collapsed in February 2001, wiping out roughly half its value against the dollar almost overnight. The denomination printed on this coin, 7,500,000 lira, was not hyperbole; it reflected a currency so devalued that the government would strip six zeros from the lira just two years later, creating the "New Turkish Lira" in 2005.
The subject, Gladiolus anatolicus, belongs to a native wildflower series the mint produced in the early 2000s documenting endemic flora under conservation pressure in Anatolia.