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50 000 Drams Monte Melkonian
| Issuer | Nagorno-Karabakh Republic |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Diameter | 63.8 mm |
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| Obverse script | Armenian |
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| Reverse lettering | 1957 ∙1993 |
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Monte Melkonian was an American-born Armenian militant who became one of the most effective field commanders in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War before being killed by an Azerbaijani grenade in June 1993. His death came just months before a ceasefire that froze the conflict for over two decades. The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's decision to commemorate him on a coin this size — a full five-troy-ounce silver piece — was a pointed political act from a state unrecognized by any UN member.
KM#2 is among the earliest issues from this short-lived series, struck at a time when the republic's own economic infrastructure was virtually nonexistent.