500 dram 1993 — Armenia ( Pick: 38a )
Region:
Middle East & Asia
Front side
Back side
Banknote description
The banknote is a 500 dram issued in Armenia in 1993. It is cataloged under Pick number 38a, which identifies it within the documented banknotes of this issue. This note's denomination and catalog reference support its classification.
The front side design features the Tigran II tetradrachm and Mount Ararat, rendered in dark green and red-brown. Watermark variants are noted as Variant a. This note has dimensions of 135 x 65 mm, and it is signed by Isahak Isahakyan (Governor) and Levon Barkhudaryan (Finance Minister).
Produced by Giesecke+Devrient in Leipzig, Germany, the banknote is printed on paper. The State Bank of Armenia was established in 1993.
The front side design features the Tigran II tetradrachm and Mount Ararat, rendered in dark green and red-brown. Watermark variants are noted as Variant a. This note has dimensions of 135 x 65 mm, and it is signed by Isahak Isahakyan (Governor) and Levon Barkhudaryan (Finance Minister).
Produced by Giesecke+Devrient in Leipzig, Germany, the banknote is printed on paper. The State Bank of Armenia was established in 1993.
Specifications
- Signed by
- Isahak Isahakyan (Governor), Levon Barkhudaryan (Finance Minister)
- Date of issue
- 1993
- Printing office
- Giesecke+Devrient, Leipzig, Germany
- Paper
- Paper
- Colour
- Dark green
- Dimensions
- 135 x 65 mm
- Pick catalog
- 38a
About this banknote
The Central Bank of Armenia issued the 500 dram banknote in 1993 as part of the country's first series of national currency, following its independence in 1991. This series was introduced on November 22, 1993, to replace the Soviet ruble, with an exchange rate of 200 rubles to one dram.
The obverse of the banknote features a tetradrachm coin depicting King Tigran II the Great at the center right and Mount Ararat at the upper left. The reverse displays an open book and a quill pen at the upper center right. The banknote measures 135 x 65 mm and was printed by Giesecke+Devrient in Leipzig, Germany. It was signed by Governor Isahak Isahakyan and Finance Minister Levon Barkhudaryan. This note ceased to be legal tender on September 1, 2005.
