Metal, fineness	Copper-nickel
Quality	Proof / UNC
Total weight, g	14.35
Thickness, mm	2.3
Diameter, mm	33
The edge	The inscription "ТРИ РУБЛЯ ТРИ РУБЛЯ" ("Three rubles Three rubles")separated by two five-pointed stars
Mintage, pcs.	300000/ 2700000

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Situated at the juncture of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south.

In 1988 a devastating earthquake struck Armenia with a moment magnitude of 7.2.