Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
50 000 Drams Monument We Are Our Mountains
| Issuer | Central Bank of Artsakh |
|---|---|
| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | A. Hovsepyan |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | At center, the coat of arms of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh) is displayed in high relief, featuring an eagle with spread wings surmounted by a radiant sun, with an anchor below and a circular Armenian legend surrounding the emblem. Two olive branches flank the date 1998 at the top of the field. The denomination 50000 appears in the lower central field, while a curved Armenian inscription reading 'Fifty Thousand Armenian Drams' runs along the lower periphery. The design is struck in proof quality against a mirrored field. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | ԱՐՑԱԽ ∙ ARTSAKH 2000 (Translation: Artsakh) |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Artsakh — also known as Nagorno-Karabakh — declared independence from Azerbaijan in 1991, though no UN member state ever formally recognized it. This coin was issued by its self-declared central bank at a moment when the territory was consolidating institutions of statehood, including a currency, largely as instruments of political assertion rather than economic function. The 50,000 drams denomination existed on paper; circulation was never the point.
The "We Are Our Mountains" monument in Stepanakert, erected in 1967 by sculptor Sargis Baghdasaryan, became the defining symbol of Armenian identity in the region long before the conflict began.