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William Saroyan

This 10000 dram denominated gold coin issued by the Central Bank of Armenia is dedicated to the centenary of William Saroyan’s birth. William Saroyan was born in Fresno, USA, in the family of immigrants from Bitlis, West Armenia. Self-education, reading of American and world literature and inheritance and mastering of culture and traditions of his homeland greatly contributed to the formation of Saroyan as a writer. Saroyan is considered as a master of short stories and has brought in this genre fresh social-psychological themes and vital humane moral motifs. Conceptions of internal freedom and spiritual beauty of a person, love and kindness are personified in Saroyan’s novels and dramas. The obverse of the coin bears the words “My heart’s in the highlands” – a title of Saroyan’s well-known play.
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Obverse: 
The mountains and the sun are depicted. Below the image face value “10000” and the word “dram” in Armenian are indicated. On the top there is a semicircular inscription in Armenian “My heart’s in the highlands”. Between the linear circle and the coin’s edge there is an inscription along the rim “Central bank of the Republic of Armenia 2008” in Armenian.
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In the centre there is a left profile image of William Saroyan’s sculptural portrait on the background of the recurring horizontal inscriptions “William 1908 1981 Saroyan” in Armenian.
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AM133CM1
Value: 
€250
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1000
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0.9
Weight: 
8.6g
Diameter: 
22mm
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