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500 Dram Noah's Ark
| Issuer | Central Bank of Armenia |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Engraver(s) | Suren Simonyan |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a reliquary containing a fragment of Noah's Ark, set against a background derived from the woodcut 'View of Ararat and the Monastery of Etchmiadzin' from F. Parrot's 'Journey to Ararat'. The composition blends historical ecclesiastical imagery with early 19th-century engraving motifs in a refined intaglio-style rendering. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Armenia's switch to hybrid substrate for this 2017 issue was part of a broader G+D push to extend note lifespan in circulation — hybrid polymer-paper constructions resist folding damage better than pure cotton stock while remaining compatible with existing banknote processing equipment. Suren Simonyan's engraving credit is notable; Armenian-trained engravers working on domestic issues are comparatively rare in modern note production, where engraving is usually handled in-house by the printer.
The watermark remains the primary listed security feature, modest by contemporary standards for a note of this denomination.