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1000 Dram Bee-Nest Carpet
| Issuer | Central Bank of Armenia |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Value | 1000 Dram |
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| Reverse script | Armenian, Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Armenia's carpet-weaving tradition has been a point of cultural contention with neighboring Azerbaijan for decades — both nations have claimed it as their own intangible heritage before UNESCO. This coin was issued the same year Armenia submitted its multi-pile carpet craftsmanship for consideration on the Representative List, a deliberate assertion of cultural ownership through numismatic diplomacy.
The series it belongs to has drawn collector attention largely because the Central Bank contracted craftspeople to incorporate actual textile techniques into the coin's surface treatment, making each piece's textural fidelity the primary technical achievement rather than the strike itself.