178 - Centenary of Armenian Genocide - 100 dram 2015

The coin is dedicated to the Centenary of the Armenian Genocide (1915-2015).

Obverse: Armenian Genocide Memorials (right to left): the monument to the sorrowful mother (Izhevsk, RF, 2010, author – T. Abramidze), the monument to the composer Komitas (Paris, France, 2003, author – D. Yerevantsi), the memorial – cross-stone (The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Armenia, 1965, author – R. Israelyan), the stela – cross-stone (Glendale, USA, 2000, author – K. Karibian). Tsitsernakaberd memorial (Yerevan, Armenia, 1967, authors – A. Tarkhanyan, S. Qalashyan and F. Araqelyan) is beneath.

Reverse: Armenian Genocide Memorials (right to left): the monument to Armenian freedom fighters (Udjan, Armenia, 1989, author – Yu. Minasyan), a fragment from the memorial in the form of the eagle (Aleppo, Syria, 1990, authors – V. Bertizian, G. Yeramian), a fragment from the memorial plaque: a statue of a woman (São Paulo, Brazil, 1966, author – Jose-Jerez Rikalde), a cross-stone (Antwerpen, Belgium, 2003, author – H. Sofoian). Tsitsernakaberd memorial is beneath.
Designed by Suren Simonyan and Aram Urutyan.
Minted in the Lithuanian Mint.

Denomination: 100 dram
Metal: Silver 925
Weight: 67.2g
Diameter: 50mm
Mintage: 1,000 pcs.
Edge: Plain
Strike quality: UNC

The coin is dedicated to the Centenary of the Armenian Genocide (1915-2015).Obverse: Armenian Genocide Memorials (right to left): the monument to the sorrowful mother (Izhevsk, RF, 2010, author – T. Abramidze), the monument to the composer Komitas (Paris, France, 2003, author – D. Yerevantsi), the memorial – cross-stone (The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Armenia, 1965, author – R. Israelyan), the stela – cross-stone (Glendale, USA, 2000, author – K. Karibian). Tsitsernakaberd memorial (Yerevan, Armenia, 1967, authors – A. Tarkhanyan, S. Qalashyan and F. Araqelyan) is beneath.Reverse: Armenian Genocide Memorials (right to left): the monument to Armenian freedom fighters (Udjan, Armenia, 1989, author – Yu. Minasyan), a fragment from the memorial in the form of the eagle (Aleppo, Syria, 1990, authors – V. Bertizian, G. Yeramian), a fragment from the memorial plaque: a statue of a woman (São Paulo, Brazil, 1966, author – Jose-Jerez Rikalde), a cross-stone (Antwerpen, Belgium, 2003, author – H. Sofoian). Tsitsernakaberd memorial is beneath.