CENTRAL BANK OF ARMENIA PUTS INTO CIRCULATION COMMEMORATIVE GOLDEN COIN DEDICATED TO 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF SHUSHI LIBERATION
Arka News Agency, Armenia
May 7 2007
YEREVAN, May 7. /ARKA/. The Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) put into
circulation a commemorative golden coin dedicated to the "15th
anniversary of liberation of Shushi".
The CBA press service reported that the coin’s nominal value makes
AMD 10,000. The coin is made of gold – 900 standards, its diameter
makes 22mm, and weight – 8.6g.
On the coin’s obverse on the background of the eternity sign a soaring
eagle is depicted, under which the nominal value "10000" and "DRAM"
are minted. "The Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia 2007" is
written in Armenian on the coin’s circumference.
On the reverse the medal for "Shushi liberation" is minted in the
coin’s centre, and the arms of the RA Armed Forces – to the left,
"15th anniversary of Shushi’s liberation" is minted on the coin’s
circumference.
The outlines of the coin are designed by the member of Armenia’s Union
of Painters Haroutiun Samuelyan. The coins are made in Poland’s Mint.
Shushi is the second biggest city of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
For the first time Shushi was mentioned at the beginning of XVIII
century. In that period there was a fortress at that place.
In 1857, Shushi received a status of a city. In the 60s of the XIX
century it became one of the Caucasus’ religious centers.
In 2007, they celebrate the 15th anniversary of liberation of the
Armenian fortress Shushi, Karabakh, during the Armenians’ liberation
war for Artsakh.