Catalog
1000 Dram With Holographic Strip
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia |
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| Year | 2011-2015 |
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| Size | 136 × 72 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio print on a fine guilloche underprint. Portrait vignette of Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents (1897–1937) at centre-right, with a vertical holographic strip at left. A fountain pen vignette appears at the lower right. Bank title in Armenian and English runs along the upper and lower margins, with the denomination expressed in both numerals and Armenian lettering. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Holographic strip, Optically variable device (OVD) |
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| Comments |
Armenia's dram series printed by Enschedé has long relied on the Dutch firm's security printing expertise, and this issue reflects the gradual tightening of anti-counterfeiting specifications that Armenian notes underwent in the 2010s. The holographic strip here is a registered OVD element — not a simple foil application — integrated during manufacture rather than applied post-print, which is the more costly and technically demanding approach.
Pick 55 is the replacement for the earlier 1000 Dram issues lacking this feature, distinguished in cataloging primarily by that strip rather than any redesign.