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Vladislav Ardzinba

Vladislav Ardzinba (Abkhaz: Владислав Арӡынба, May 14, 1945 – March 4, 2010) was the first President of Abkhazia. A historian by education, Ardzinba led Abkhazia to de facto independence in the 1992-1993 War with Georgia, but its de jure independence from Georgia remained internationally unrecognised during Ardzinba's two terms as President from 1994 to 2005.

He was a member of the first parliament to be elected democratically in the Soviet Union in 1989

Vladislav Ardzinba
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On the obverse side in the centre of the inside disc in the star field background there is a relief gold-plated image of the official symbol of the 20th anniversary of the People of Abkhaiza Victory in the Patriotic War of 1992-1993. In the upper part of the outside disc there is the Mint trade mark, the coin denomination of 10 apsars, the year of issue, the indication of the metal according to D. I. Mendeleev Periodic System of Elements, the fineness and weight. On the right there is the Emblem of the Bank of Abkhaiza; on the lower part of the coin, in the mirror field - the inscription in the Abkhaz language «Аҧсны Абанк». A dotted framework is circled along the circumference
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On the reverse side of the coin “Ardzinba V. G.” in the inside disc there is a profile portrait of Ardzinba V. G., the Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of Abkhazia Armed Forces in the period of the Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia 1992-1993, the first President of the Republic of Abkhazia. In the outside gold-plated disc there are inscriptions in the Abkhaz language seperated by dots: in the upper part – “The Republic of Abkhazia”, in the lower part – the inscription “Victory” and the years “1993” and “2013”. A dotted framework is circled along the circumference.
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AB21CM2
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€120
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499
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0.925
Weight: 
31.1g
Diameter: 
39mm
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