CENTRAL BANK HAS ISSUED MEMORIAL COINS
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[06:45 pm] 25 January, 2007
RA Central Bank (CB) has issued gold memorial coin of 10 000 AMD
designated to the 15th anniversary of the formation of the Armenian
Armed Forces
The RA emblem is drawn on one side of the coin and the order of
"Tigran the Great" – on the other. The coin is outlined with the
following words, "The 15th Anniversary of the Armenian Troops".
The coin is designed by the member of the RA Painters’ association
Harutyun Samuelyan.
RA CB has also issued a silver memorial coin of 100 AMD designated
to Hovhannes Ayvazovski.
This is the first memorial coin having rectangular shape. There
are fragments from Ayvazovski’s canvases "Storm" and "Chesmenian
Sea Battle".