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500 Dram Armenian Alphabet - Փ
| Issuer | Central Bank of Armenia |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Armenian, Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a large, boldly rendered Armenian letter Փ (Pʿ) as the central design element, with its vertical stroke decorated in intricate interlaced knotwork of traditional Armenian ornamental style, presented in high relief against a polished field. Surrounding the central letter, the complete Armenian alphabet — all 38 letters — is inscribed in a continuous circular legend along the periphery of the coin. A small ornamental cross divides the alphabetic legend at the top of the design. |
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Part of the Central Bank of Armenia's 38-coin series honoring the Armenian alphabet — one coin per letter — introduced to mark the 1,600th anniversary of the script's creation by the monk Mesrop Mashtots around 405 AD. The alphabet was devised specifically to translate Christian scripture into Armenian, and Փ (pronounced roughly as an aspirated "p") is among the letters Mashtots created wholesale, with no direct Greek or Syriac ancestor.