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1000 Drams Bear
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central device features the gilt coat of arms of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, depicting a spread eagle with a shield on its breast, surmounted by a crowned helmet, all set against a sunburst background. Two olive branches flank the upper field. The date 2004 appears at the top of the field, with the purity mark 999 to the right. An Armenian-script legend reading 'ԼԵՌՆԱՅԻՆ ՂԱՐԱԲԱՂԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ ԱՐՑԱԽ' arcs around the upper portion of the arms, while the denomination '1000' and the legend 'ՀԱՋԱՐ ԱՐՑԱԽՅԱՆ ԴՐԱՄ' appear in the lower field. |
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| Reverse lettering | ՊԱՉՊԱՆԵՆՔ ՎԱՅՐԻ ՎԵՆԴԱՆԻՆԵՐԻՆ BEAR ∙ WILDLIFE PROTECTION ∙ |
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The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic — a de facto Armenian-administered state internationally recognized by virtually no sovereign government — issued its own coinage beginning in the early 2000s largely as an assertion of political identity rather than for any practical monetary function. Armenian drams circulated in daily commerce; these pieces did not. The 1000 Drams denomination exists at a face value that bore no meaningful relationship to how these coins were actually distributed or priced.
KM#20a designates the silver variant, distinguished from a base-metal issue of the same type.