7 500 000 Lira Linum anatolicum

Turkey's late-lira denomination inflation reached such extremes by the early 2000s that face values in the millions were routine on collector issues. This piece predates the 2005 redenomination, which replaced 1,000,000 old lira with a single Yeni Türk Lirası — effectively erasing six zeros overnight. The Linum anatolicum series was part of the mint's ongoing WWF-affiliated wildlife program, producing silver commemoratives tied to endemic or threatened species.

Linum anatolicum is a flax species native to Anatolia, rarely chosen as a numismatic subject — its appearance here reflects the breadth of Turkey's botanical diversity rather than any particular conservation emergency at the time.