Abkhazia 10 Apsars, 2014

10 Apsars from Abkhazia. Issued in 2014. Struck in Silver (.925). Measures 39 mm and weighs 33.63 g.

Obverse

In the upper central part, on the smooth field - the relief picture of the State Emblem of the Republic of Abkhazia, under it - the inscription in Abkhaz “Аҧсны Абанк (The Bank of Abkhazia). The semicircular inscriptions above the State Emblem indicate the denomination of the coin “10 ҦСАРК” (10 Apsars). Along the rim to the left - the indication of the metal sign in accordance with the D.I.Mendeleyev Periodic System of Elements, the fineness and fine precious metal content, to the right - the mint trade mark. In the lower part of the coin, on the matted field and raised small print inscriptions of five lines “Аҧсны Абанк” - the year of mintage "2014". (10 Apsars
SPMD
The Bank of Abkhazia)

Reverse

A portrait of a famous Abkhazian ethnographer-caucasologist, historian, folklorist and literary critic Shalva Inal-ipa is depicted. In the lower part of the portrait, there is the number 100. On the right and the left side of the portrait, the dates “1914” and “1995” are shown. Below the portrait and along the coin’s edge, there is an inscription in Abkhazian language “Shalva Inal-ipa”, which includes an image of an ancestral family emblem – tamga. (Shalva Inal-ipa)

Edge

Corrugated