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10 Apsars The Dormition Cathedral of Myku, gold-plating
| Issuer | Bank of Abkhazia |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a selectively gold-plated three-dimensional depiction of the Dormition Cathedral of Myku (Мыкә-Ныха), a 10th-century stone church rendered in fine relief with its characteristic single dome, arched entrance portal, and decorative window registers. To the left of the cathedral stands a tall processional cross with ornate cross-arms and a hanging icon panel, rendered in silver finish, while to the right an open book is depicted in the field. The Abkhazian Cyrillic legend 'НАНҲӘА ИАЗКУ МЫКӘ-НЫХА' (The Dormition Cathedral of Myku) curves along the upper arc, and the inscription 'Х ашә.' (10th century) appears below the cathedral in the lower field. |
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| Reverse lettering | НАНҲӘА ИАЗКУ МЫКӘ-НЫХА (Translation: The Dormition Cathedral of Myku) Х ашә. (Translation: 10th century) |
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The Bank of Abkhazia has issued commemorative coinage since the early 2000s despite the territory's status as a partially recognized state — acknowledged by Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and a handful of others, but not by Georgia, which still claims Abkhazia as sovereign territory. That political ambiguity gives these issues an unusual collector character: they function as numismatic objects rather than circulating currency, and the Bank itself operates largely as an issuing authority for the series rather than a functional central bank in the conventional sense.
The Dormition Cathedral in Myku (Мыку) is a medieval Georgian Orthodox structure predating the current political dispute by centuries.