RAIFFEISEN BANK AVAL STARTS SELLING SILVER COIN ‘PAINTER IVAN AIVAZOVSKY’

Arminfo
2007-03-22 14:08:00

Raiffeisen Bank Aval has started selling silver coin "Painter Ivan
Aivazovsky," reports the bank’s PR department with reference to the
head of the precious metals and coins department Alla Ischenko.

This is a Brilliant Uncirculated legal tender 100 Dram piece made
by the Polish State Mint. The coin measures 40 millimeters by 28
millimeters and is minted from 28.28 grams of .925 silver. One can
buy the coin in all Raiffeisen Bank Aval divisions participating in
the World Coins program.

The reverse of the coin pictures Aivazovsky and a fragment of one of
his pictures.

The averse pictures the emblem of the Republic of Armenia and one
more painting by the artist.

Ivan (Hovhannes) Aivazovsky is Russian painter of Armenian descent,
most famous for his seascapes, which constitute more than half of
his 6,000 paintings.