Hundred Horse Chestnut

The “Hundred Horse Chestnut” is the oldest and biggest chestnut tree in the world. It is located at the eastern slope of the Mount Etna in Sicily (Italy). The age of the tree is 2000 - 4000 years. It is registered in the Guinness Book of Records as the tree with the greatest circumference (57,9 m as at 1780). The fruit of the tree is a nut in a round, flat and gray fruit-shell.

Armenia 2014 Hundred Horse Chestnut
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In the center – the coat of arms of the Republic of Armenia with the nominal value and the year of issue  underneath; on the right – metal and alloy marking, on the left – the mint sign; along the upper rim – inscriptions “REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA” in Armenian and English, along the lower rim – fruits and leaves of four types of trees. On obverse of each coin the fruits of a certain type of the tree are pad-printed.
Reverse: 
The image of the “Hundred Horse Chestnut” tree and the name of the tree outlined to the bottom: “HUNDRED HORSE CHESTNUT”.
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Catalog ID: 
AM288CM1
Value: 
€60
Mintage: 
1500
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Purity: 
0.999
Weight: 
31.1g
Diameter: 
38.61mm
Thickness: 
3.2mm
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