CBA PUTS INTO CIRCULATION GOLD COMMEMORATIVE COIN "CENTENNIAL OF WILLIAM SAROYAN"

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 on the occasion
of the centennial of William Saroyan.

According to the CBA PR Service, the obverse design features mountains
and the sun. Below these images, the coin’s nominal value is insribed
in two lines: "10000" and "DRAMS". There is an insription "My
Heart’s In the Highlands" above the images. All this is encircled. An
insription "Central Bank of Armenia 2008" appears along the edge.

The background of the reverse is formed by an inscription "William
1908 1981 Saroyan" in the form of repeating horizontal lines. There
is an image of William Saroyan against this background. The designer
is Edward Kurghinian.

The coin was minted at the Mint of the Czech Republic.

The nominal value of the coin is 10,000 drams, it is made of gold
(900 hallmark), its weight is 8.6 drams, diameter is 22 mm, the number
of issued coins is 1,000.