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500 Dram Armenian Alphabet - Հ
| Issuer | Central Bank of Armenia |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the national coat of arms of the Republic of Armenia centrally placed in the field, depicting an eagle and a lion supporting a shield quartered with symbols of historic Armenian dynasties, surmounted by a sword, an olive branch, a sheaf of wheat, and a chain. The Armenian legend ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 500 DRAM • ԴՐԱՄ is inscribed along the lower periphery in both Latin and Armenian scripts. The year 2013 appears to the left of the arms and the fineness designation Ag999 to the right. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Part of the Central Bank of Armenia's 38-coin series honoring each letter of the Armenian alphabet, this issue corresponds to the letter Հ (Հայ, the first letter of "Hayastan" — Armenia's name for itself). The alphabet was created by scholar and monk Mesrop Mashtots around 405 AD, commissioned to provide Armenians a script for translating Christian scripture and displacing Greek and Syriac in liturgical use. The series ran across several years, with individual letters issued in limited quantities that vary slightly across the run.