ARMENIA 

KM 69

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
100 dram 29.5 10.5   Reeded Copper-Nickel Medal
Obverse Reverse
Coat of arms, face value and the year of minting in the center. Inscriptions along the rim: in Armenian. Inscriptions along the rim. In the center - emblem of XXXII Chess Olympiad.

The chess game (Jatrak) was popular in Armenia since the ninth century. Armenia is a country with many well-known chess players, among which was Tigran Petrosyan, who became the ninth World Chess champion.