CBA to put into circulation new batch of 3rd generation thousandth  banknotes from January 23, 2023

ArmInfo.From January 23, 2023, the Central Bank of Armenia will put into circulation a new batch of the 3rd generation composite banknote with a face value of  1,000 drams. This decision was made on December 27 at the meeting of  the Board of the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia. This is  noted in the message of the Central Bank.

The images on the front and back of the new batch of 3rd generation  thousandth banknotes are the same as in the batch of the 2018 issue.  The only difference is in the license plates of the banknote, in the  signatures of the heads of the Central Bank and the Ministry of  Finance, and the date of issue. In particular, in the license plates  (series and number of banknotes) appearing on the front side of the  banknote on the top right horizontally and on the left side  vertically, the letters "AA" are replaced by "AB" (series of  banknotes), and next to them the indicated 8 digits, as before,  indicate the number of the bill. Instead of the signatures of the  former heads of the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance, Artur  Javadyan and Atom Janjughazyan, the signatures of Governor of the  Central Bank Martin Galstyan and  Minister of Finance Vahagn  Khachatryan are now placed (from December 20, 2022 he was replaced in  this position by Vahe Hovhannisyan). The date of issue on the new  batch of thousandth banknotes is 2022.

It should be reminded that the new 3rd generation composite banknote  of 1,000 AMD features the image of the Armenian poet Paruyr Sevak,  instead of the still circulating thousandth banknotes of the old  sample with the image of the poet Yeghishe Charents. Paper analogues  of banknotes of the 3rd generation, i.e. 2nd generation banknotes are  gradually being phased out as they wear out. At present, banknotes of  1000 drams denomination of the old sample of 1999, 2001, 2011 and  2015 are in circulation, along with which, since December 25, 2018,  composite banknotes of the 3rd generation of the same denomination  have been circulating.

It would be appropriate to note that the 3rd generation composite  banknotes were put into circulation in November-December 2018 on the  occasion of the 25th anniversary of the national currency of Armenia  - the dram. In particular, it was on the anniversary day of the dram  - on November 22, 2018, banknotes of the 3rd generation with a face  value of 10,000, 20,000 and 50,000 drams were put into circulation,  and later - on December 25 of the same year, banknotes with a face  value of 1,000, 2,000 and 5,000 drams were put into circulation, and  the banknot with a face value of 2,000 drams was put into circulation  for the first time.  By that time, the collectible composite banknote  with a face value of 500 drams presented by the Central Bank in 2017  for the 24th anniversary of the dram has gained international  success.

It should be noted that the composite banknotes of the 3rd generation  depict: on the banknote of 1000 drams - the Armenian poet Paruyr  Sevak (instead of the poet Yeghishe Charents - on the banknote of the  old sample of the 2nd generation), 5000 drams - the American writer  of Armenian origin William Saroyan (instead of Hovhannes Tumanyan),  10,000 drams - the great composer Komitas (instead of Avetik  Isahakyan), 20,000 drams - the famous marine painter Hovhannes (Ivan)  Aivazovsky (instead of Martiros Saryan), and 50,000 drams - the  founder of the Armenian Apostolic Church, St. Gregory the  Illuminator.  The ninth world chess champion Tigran Petrosyan is  depicted on the banknote of 2,000 drams, issued for the first time.