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500 Dram Armenian Alphabet - Ք
| Issuer | Central Bank of Armenia |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Value | 500 Dram |
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| Obverse description | The Armenian national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a crowned eagle and lion supporting a quartered shield bearing Mount Ararat with Noah's Ark, an eagle, a lion, and crossed swords, with a sword, an olive branch, a sheaf of wheat, and a chain at the base. The Armenian legend ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ arcs along the upper periphery. The date 2013 appears to the lower left of the arms, and the fineness mark Ag999 to the lower right. The denomination 500 DRAM • ԴՐԱՄ is inscribed in the lower field, with REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA arcing along the bottom rim in Latin script. |
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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 commemorating each letter of the Armenian alphabet, itself one of the most precisely dated scripts in history — created by the scholar Mesrop Mashtots in 405 AD, with the earliest surviving manuscript tradition traceable almost continuously from the 9th century. Ք (pronounced roughly as an aspirated "k") is one of the letters Mashtots added to represent sounds specific to Armenian phonology, with no Greek equivalent to borrow from.