Armenia 500 Dram Noah’s Ark

Commemorative issue

Noah’s Ark

Obverse

The reliquary with a fragment of Noah’s Ark; on the background a fragment of the “View of Ararat and the Monastery of Etchmiadzin” woodcut (F. Parrot, “Journey to Ararat”).

Engraver: Suren Simonyan

Reverse

An image by the motifs of the “Leaving the Ark” woodcut by J. Carolsfeld; on the background – the Mount Ararat.

Engraver: Suren Simonyan

Comments

The banknote was issued to commemorate the Noah’s Ark and the fragment of the Ark found on the Mount Ararat.
Printer: Giesecke & Devrient (Germany) – G&D