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10 Apsars V.G. Ardzynba
| Issuer | Bank of Abkhazia |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 10 Apsars |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the large denomination numeral '10' above the Abkhazian word 'ПСАРК' (Apsars), flanked on the left by a stylized ancient Abkhazian idol figure and a traditional decorative staff or sceptre. To the right, the coat of arms of Abkhazia is depicted alongside a partial shield motif. The legend 'АПСНЫ АБАНК' (Bank of Abkhazia) arcs along the upper rim, while the inscription 'АПСНЫ АҲӘЫНҬКАРРА АЗАКӘАН ХАДА' appears in the lower right field. The date '2008' and the fineness mark 'Ag 925' together with the Moscow Mint monogram are inscribed vertically along the left border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Vladislav Grigoryevich Ardzinba led Abkhazia through its brutal 1992–93 war with Georgia and became the republic's first head of state — the figure around whom the separatist government's entire institutional identity was built. The Apsar series, launched by the Bank of Abkhazia in the mid-2000s, was itself a political act: issuing collectible coinage in a currency with no international recognition, for a territory recognized by virtually no one.
Ardzinba died in March 2010, roughly two years after this coin was struck.