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1000 Drams Haik Nahapet
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic |
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| Year | 2004 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | At center, the coat of arms of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic rendered in high relief, depicting an eagle displayed with spread wings and a stepped pattern referencing ancient Armenian stonework, all within a radiate surround. Flanking the arms are two olive branches extending toward the upper field. The date 2004 appears in the upper exergue, while the denomination 1000 is inscribed below the arms. The Armenian legend ԼԵՌՆԱՅԻՆ ՂԱՐԱԲԱՂԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ ԱՐՑԱԽ curves around the central device, with ՀԱՅԿ ԱՐՑԱԽՅԱՆ ԴՐԱՄ inscribed along the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | 2004 ԼԵՌՆԱՅԻՆ ՂԱՐԱԲԱՂԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ ԱՐՑԱԽ 1000 (Translation: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Artsakh) |
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The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic — internationally unrecognized but self-governing since the 1994 ceasefire that ended the First Karabakh War — issued collector coinage partly as a tool of soft statecraft, asserting the trappings of sovereignty that formal diplomatic recognition denied. This piece honors Hayk Nahapet, the legendary patriarch-archer of Armenian mythology credited with founding the Armenian nation, whose story appears in the 5th-century histories of Moses of Khoren. The choice is pointed: grounding a disputed state's identity in the deepest available stratum of Armenian historical memory.
Struck in 2004, nearly a decade before the Central Bank developed more elaborate commemorative programs.