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5000 Dram Armenian Alphabet - Ռ
| Issuer | Central Bank of Armenia |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Composition | Gold (.999) |
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| Obverse description | The Armenian National Coat of Arms is displayed prominently in the centre of the obverse, depicting a heraldic eagle and lion supporting a central shield. The date '2013' appears in the left field, while the fineness designation 'Au 999,9' is positioned in the right field. The denomination '5000 DRAM' is rendered in large characters in the lower field, accompanied by the Armenian equivalent 'ԴՐԱՄ'. The circular legend reads 'ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ' in Armenian script along the upper periphery and 'REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA' in Latin script along the lower periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ 2013 Au 999,9 5000 ԴՐԱՄ•DRAM REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA (Translation: Republic of Armenia 5,000 Dram) |
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One of 38 coins in Armenia's Armenian Alphabet series, each piece corresponds to a single letter of the script devised by Mesrop Mashtots around 405 AD. The creation of that alphabet was a deliberate act of cultural and ecclesiastical insulation — Mashtots designed it specifically so Armenian Christian texts could exist independent of Greek and Syriac influence. The series, issued across several years, is unusual in that the complete set forms a coherent philological document as much as a numismatic one.
Ռ, the 26th letter, represents a trilled retroflex sound with no direct equivalent in most European languages.