Armenian collector coin dedicated to Komitas wins 3rd prize at “Coin Constellation-2020” competition

Emil Lazarian 2021
Public Radio of Armenia
Jan 11 2021
The silver collector coin issued by the Central Bank of Armenia in 2019 and dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the world-renowned Armenian composer and musicologist Komitas took the 3rd prize in the “Coin of the Year” nomination at the 14th international contest “Coin Constellation-2020” (Russia).
The designers of the “Komitas-150” coin are Vardan Vardanyan (obverse) and Eduard Kurghinyan (reverse).
 
The coin is minted in the Lithuanian Mint.
 
Twenty-six organizations from 17 countries applied for participation in the “Coin Constellation-2020.” In total, 159 collector coins of 2019 year of issue were presented to the contest.
 
The winner-coins were determined by an international jury.
 

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS