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25 Dram Temple of Garni
| Issuer | Central Bank of Armenia |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The Armenian National Coat of Arms — a double-headed eagle displayed, bearing a central shield quartered with national symbols — occupies the upper field, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished background. The large numeral '25' appears prominently in the lower central field, with the denomination legend 'ԴՐԱՄ' (Dram) inscribed immediately below in Armenian script. The date '1994' is positioned along the lower rim, flanked by small dot ornaments. The circular legend 'ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ' (Republic of Armenia) runs along the outer border in Armenian (Erkat'agir) script. |
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| Obverse lettering | • ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ • 1994 25 ԴՐԱՄ (Translation: Republic of Armenia, 25 Dram) |
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Armenia's first commemorative coin series, issued in 1994, appeared just three years after independence from the Soviet Union — the Central Bank itself had only been established in 1993. The Temple of Garni, a first-century Hellenistic structure surviving largely intact near Yerevan, was a deliberate choice: it had been rebuilt between 1969 and 1975 under Soviet direction, a project that carried its own complicated politics around Armenian cultural identity.
The 1994 series represents Yerevan's earliest attempt at sovereign numismatic issue, and production was contracted abroad given the absence of domestic minting infrastructure at the time.