YEREVAN, January 14. /ARKA/. The Central Bank of Armenia said Monday it had issued a gold commemorative coin dedicated to the 125th anniversary of  great Armenian actor of a drama theater Vahram Papazyan.

The bank also issued  silver commemorative coins dedicated to the 150th anniversary of a popular painter Stepan Aghajanian and the 100th anniversary of famous Armenian astronomer Benjamin Margaryan and Armenian painter Ara Bekaryan.

Theater masks appear on the gold coin’s obverse, or heads. The nominal value of the coin—10,000 drams—is engraved on the background of a curtain  at  the bottom of the coin. The contour has “HAYASTANI HANRAPETUTYAN KENTRONAKAN BANK” (The Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia) inscription in Armenian letters.
The reverse of the coin, or tails, has a portrait of Papazyan, dates “1888” and “1968” are below, “VAHRAM PAPAZYAN” inscription  in Armenian letters is  in the right and left sides of the contour.

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