CBA PUTS INTO CIRCULATION GOLD COMMEMORATIVE COIN DEDICATED TO 10th ANNIVERSARY OF RA CASSATION COURT

Noyan Tapan

Au g 13, 2008

YEREVAN, AUGUST 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The Central Bank of Armenia (CBA)
has put into circulation a gold commemorative coin dedicated to the
10th anniversary of the Cassation Court of the Republic of Armenia.

According to the CBA PR Service, the coat of arms of the Republic of
Armenia is depicted on the obverse of the coin. Below the coat of arms,
the nominal value is inscribed in two lines: "10000" and "DRAMS". All
this is surrounded by a striped circle. There is an inscription
"REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA 2008" between the circle and the coin’s edge.

A statue of the goddess of justice is depicted in the middle of the
reverse, below which there is an insription in two lines: "10th" and
"ANNIVERSARY.

The picture and the insription are separated on their outer sides by
perpendicular lines from the two other sections of the reverse. In
the right section, "CASSATION" is inscribed in a semicircle, while
in the left side, "COURT" is inscribed in a semicircle.

The designer of the commemorative coin is Edward Kurghinian. The coin
was minted at the Mint of the Czech Republic. Its nominal vaue is
10,000 drams, it is made of gold (900 hallmark), its weight is 8.6
grams, diameter – 22 mm, the number of minted coins is 500.