CENTRAL BANK ISSUED FOUR COINS WITHIN A DAY
[05:50 pm] 25 December, 2006
Today RA Central Bank has issued four coins. One of them is designated to the Armenian chess players’ victory in the Chess 37th Olympiad. The coin is made of gold and its nominal value is 10 000 AMD.
The coin is outlined with the names of the Armenian chess players – “A.Minasyan, L.Aronyan, V.Hakobyan, K.Asryan, G. Sargsyan and S. Lputyan”. The coin has the following inscription; “Golden Team” and “Armenia”.
Here is the article.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Very cool!
All whining GM’s – move to Armenia . This country is thankful for the glory that their chess palyers bring to their country.
He did not win olympiad for Armenia, but for USSR. But I remember reading somewhere about a coin honoring Tigran Petrosian