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1000 Dram
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia |
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| Year | 2018-2022 |
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| Printer | Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date) |
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| Reverse description | Intaglio vignette of the Paruyr Sevak House-Museum in Zangakatun at centre, rendered against a mountainous landscape underprint in blue-violet tones. A sculpted bust of Sevak occupies the right side of the composition. A watermark window with a fountain pen motif is visible at the far left. |
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| Protection description | a fountain pen visible in the left clear window area on the reverse; embedded security thread with denomination microprinting; holographic colour-shifting ink element with fountain pen motif at lower left of obverse. |
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| Comments |
Armenia's shift to hybrid substrate for this denomination was part of a broader regional push toward polymer-cotton composites in the late 2010s, driven largely by durability data from Central Asian and Caucasian issuers dealing with high-volume low-denomination circulation abuse. The 1000 Dram sits at a practical midpoint in the Armenian series — used heavily enough to justify the substrate upgrade, but not the flagship note that typically gets the full polymer treatment first.
G+D's Leipzig facility has produced Armenian banknotes across multiple series. The hybrid construction bonds a cellulose outer layer to a polymer core, which complicates counterfeiting attempts that rely on standard paper-chemistry tests.