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500 Dram Armenian Alphabet - Յ
| Issuer | Central Bank of Armenia |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of the Republic of Armenia occupies the central field, depicting the heraldic eagle and lion supporting a shield quartered with symbols of Armenian statehood. The date 2013 appears to the left of the arms and the fineness mark Ag999 to the right. The Armenian legend ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 500 DRAM • ԴՐԱՄ is inscribed in large numerals and bilingual lettering across the lower field. The inscription REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA runs along the lower rim in Latin characters. |
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| Reverse lettering | ԱԲԳԴԵԶԷԸԹԺԻԼԽԾԿՀՁՂՃՄՅՆՇՈՉՊՋՌՍՎՏՐՑՈւՓՔևՕՖ✾ Յ (Translation: ABGDEZĒËTʿŽILXČKHJĠČ̣MYNŠOČPJ̌ṘSVTRCʿOwPʿKʿewÒF Y) |
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Armenia's alphabet series, issued to commemorate the 1,600th anniversary of the script created by Mesrop Mashtots around 405 AD, ran to 38 coins — one for each letter. The series launched in 2012 and was struck by the Central Bank across several years. Յ, the letter "Yiwn," carries particular linguistic weight as one of the characters with no direct Greek precedent, reflecting Mashtots' deliberate construction of a script engineered to capture sounds specific to Armenian rather than borrowed from an existing model.