...Armenia - 500 Dram 2017 Commemorative "Noah’s Ark" Hybrid Note

The Republic of Armenia
Noah's Ark Commemorative

A commemorative note of 500 Dram released on 22.11.2017. This note commemorates Noah's Ark and is issued in a folder format. The banknote has been printed on Hybrid material - a high quality composite substrate based on a cotton paper, which is covered with thin polyester layers on both sides. The note also has a transparent window.

Front: Images of Reliquary with a fragment of Noah’s Ark and Monastery of Etchmiadzin (Mother of See Holy Etchmiadzin in Vagharshapat), Mount Ararat in the background. A free flying dove holding an olive branch in it's beak, signifying that dry land had been sighted. Both the watermark and the transparent window have the image of Noah's Ark.

Five Hundred Dram

Dated 2017

Back: Images of Noah and his family with domestic and wild animals around them, with an eagle flying above them. The eagle is the national bird of Armenia. The background is Mount Ararat.

Reverse

Security Features: Watermark, Security Thread, Transparent Window, Intaglio Printing, Microtext and Microimages, UV Feature, Kinegram and Optically Variable Ink.

Signatures: Central Bank of Armenia, Bank Chairman (Բանկի նախագահը) – Arthur Javadyan; and the Minister of Finance (Ֆինանսների նախարար) of Armenia – Vardan Aramyan.
Serial Prefix: ՆՏ (NT). NT stands for "Noyan Tapan" (Noah's Ark in Armenian)
Issued Date: 22.11.2017
Quantity: 300,000 pieces issued in an informative folder
Size: 140mm x 76mm
Imprinter: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
Issue Price: 1,700 Dram each
Initial Restriction: 2 sets per person at the bank

As this is a numismatic product issued with a premium, it is unlikely the banknotes will be seen in general circulation. 

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