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Armenian Sorbus (Sorbus hajastana)

The “Sorbus hajastana” silver collector coin has been issued by the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia as part of the international coin program “The Beauty of Flowers”. Sorbus hajastana is a beautiful shrub or tree with broadly-pyramidal crown and reddish-grey bark. It is 8-10 m. tall. Flowers are white, anthers pink. Fruits are large, shiny and crimson. Sorbus hajastana blooms in June, on rocky slopes and forest edges at 1600-2400 m. above sea level. In Armenia it is met in the basin of the Lake Sevan and at slopes of the mountain Arailer.The coin issued with colored inks.
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Obverse: 
On the obverse left side of the coin flowers of ashberry and in the center – its berries are illustrated. In the lower part of the coin the nominal price of the coin – “1000” and the word “DRAMS” is coined. Style pictures are illustrated in the center of the coin. Date of issue “2011” is coined with small letters on the right side. Along the circuit above “REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA” is coined. The same is coined in English in the lower circuit.
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Flowers, leaves and ashberry is illustrated on the reverse of the coin. The probe “Ag 925” is coined on the lower right edge. On the upper edge of the coin “Aroseni Hayastanyan” and “Sorbus Hayastanyan” is coined.
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AM190CM1
Value: 
€65
Mintage: 
10000
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0.925
Weight: 
28.28g
Diameter: 
38.61mm
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