THE FIRST COMMEMORATIVE COIN ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA Depiction: " Sardarapat battle of 1918", from the " National Scenes" series. The number of issued coins is restricted by the Central Bank of Armenia to 3000. The coins are numbered 0001 – 3000. Each coin is of face value Dram 25 and contains 1 troy ounce of silver.
 

The Battle of Sardarabad (Armenian: Սարդարապատի ճակատամարտ (Sardarapati chakatamart); Turkish: Sardarapat Savaşı) was a battle of the Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place near Sardarapat, Armenia from May 24 to May 26, 1918. Sardarapat was only 40 kilometers west of the city of Yerevan and the battle is currently seen as not only stopping the Turkish advance into the rest of Armenia but also preventing the complete destruction of the Armenian nation.