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500 Dram Armenian Alphabet - Լ
| Issuer | Central Bank of Armenia |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Currency | Dram (1993-date) |
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| Obverse description | The Armenian national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting an eagle and a lion flanking a shield bearing traditional heraldic motifs. The Armenian legend ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ (Republic of Armenia) arcs along the upper periphery. The date 2013 appears to the left of the arms and the fineness mark Ag999 to the right. The denomination 500 DRAM • ԴՐԱՄ is inscribed in large numerals and bilingual lettering beneath the arms, with the English legend REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA arcing along the lower rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ 2013 Ag 999 500 ԴՐԱՄ•DRAM REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA (Translation: Republic of Armenia 500 Dram) |
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Part of the Central Bank of Armenia's 38-coin series dedicating one issue to each letter of the Armenian alphabet, itself invented by the scholar-monk Mesrop Mashtots around 405 AD. The alphabet's creation was explicitly political — Armenia had recently adopted Christianity as its state religion and needed scriptures in a vernacular script rather than Greek or Syriac, which carried the cultural weight of rival powers.
Լ is the seventeenth letter, transliterated as "l," and has remained essentially unchanged since Mashtots's original design.