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5000 Dram Armenian Alphabet - Թ
| Issuer | Central Bank of Armenia |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The Armenian national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a crowned eagle and lion flanking a quartered shield. The Armenian legend ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ arcs along the upper periphery, while the English legend REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA curves along the lower rim. The date 2013 appears to the left of the arms and the fineness mark Au 999,9 to the right. The denomination 5000 DRAM / ԴՐԱՄ is prominently displayed in large numerals below the coat of arms. |
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| Reverse lettering | ԱԲԳԴԵԶԷԸԹԺԻԼԽԾԿՀՁՂՃՄՅՆՇՈՉՊՋՌՍՎՏՐՑՈւՓՔևՕՖ✾ Թ (Translation: ABGDEZĒËTʿŽILXČKHJĠČ̣MYNŠOČPJ̌ṘSVTRCʿOwPʿKʿewÒF Tʿ) |
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Part of the Central Bank of Armenia's 38-coin series honoring each letter of the Armenian alphabet, itself invented by the scholar Mesrop Mashtots around 405 AD — a deliberate act of cultural and ecclesiastical independence at a moment when Armenia sat squeezed between Byzantine and Sassanid Persian influence. The alphabet's creation allowed Armenian-language liturgical texts to displace Greek and Syriac, anchoring a distinct national identity that outlasted both empires by well over a millennium.
Թ (Tiwn) is the ninth letter of Mashtots's original 36-character script.