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5000 Dram
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Armenian poet and writer Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869–1923) at centre-left, with a vignette of an ornate architectural interior at right. The denomination 5000 appears in large numerals at lower right and upper left, with Armenian script inscription of the bank name across the top and the value in Armenian letters at lower centre. Serial number in red at upper right, with date 2012 at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԿԵՆՏՐՈՆԱԿԱՆ ԲԱՆԿ ՀԻՆԳ ՀԱԶԱՐ ԴՐԱՄ 5000 |
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Thomas De La Rue has printed Armenian banknotes since the dram's introduction in the early 1990s, making this a long-standing commercial relationship rather than a one-off contract. The 2012 series updated security specifications across the higher denominations, with the holographic strip on this note replacing the simpler foil patch used on earlier issues of the same face value.
Armenia's dram was introduced in November 1993, replacing the Soviet ruble at a time when the country was simultaneously managing an energy blockade and an active conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. The 5000 dram denomination has consistently sat near the top of the circulating range, seeing heavy ATM use rather than everyday retail handling — which affects the wear patterns collectors typically encounter.