Collector coins of the Republic of Armenia-2018
Dear reader,
This annual journal “Collector Coins of the Republic of Armenia 2018” presents the collector coins issued by the Central Bank of Armenia in 2018. These coins are reflecting anniversaries and landmark events during the year.
This year saw many events of great importance to Armenia.
We celebrated the 25th anniversary of introducing the national currency of the Republic of Armenia, the Dram. Dram was put into circulation on November 22, 1993. Since 1994, the Central Bank of Armenia has issued more Arthur Javadyan Governor of the Central Bank of Armenia CENTRAL BANK OF ARMENIA 2 3 than 300 types of gold and silver collector coins dedicated to prominent people of Armenia and important events – historical and contemporary. In 2018 a new series of Armenian banknotes was issued, with best accomplishments in security printing technologies of today embedded in them. On November 22, 2018, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Dram, the Central Bank of Armenia put a silver collector coin “25 Years of National Currency” into circulation.
We had another important event to celebrate in 2018: the centenary of founding the First Republic of Armenia, which symbolizes how strenuous was the path to building a statehood of Armenia.
Proclaiming the First Republic of Armenia on May 28, 1918 was preceded by the heroic battles of Sardarapat, Bash Aparan and Gharakilisa, which let the people of Armenia regain their statehood several hundred years later. To mark the restoring and consolidation of an independent statehood, the Central Bank of Armenia issued silver coins dedicated to the centenary of the First Republic of Armenia and Sardarapat heroic battle during the year.
Year 2018 marked a special event – the 2800th anniversary of founding the 12th capital of Armenia. On this occasion, the Central Bank of Armenia issued the collector coin “Yerevan – 2800”.
This year too, the Central Bank of Armenia could not miss the tradition of featuring worldwide sporting events, and a beautiful collector coin dedicated to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia was issued as a result.
In 2018, the series of exquisite collector coins “Armenian Carpet” and “Pottery of the World” were added with new issues. In a short time, these issues have attracted widespread interest from general public and collectors, which is attributable to high aesthetic taste of the coins and the mastery of introducing Armenian applied arts.
Undoubtedly, these coins not only complement the rich heritage of the Republic of Armenia issuances, but also serve as guidelines for the development of numismatics in the world.
Arthur Javadyan
Governor Central Bank of Armenia