Yerevan /Mediamax/. Central Bank (CB) of Armenia issued a banknote with the nominal value of 100 thousand AMD (about $270).

Mediamax reports that CB Board member Vakhtang Abramyan informed today that according to CB forecasts, the share of the given banknote in cash monetary circulation will make about 3% and will be mainly used to realize large-scale deals with cash.

Armenian king Abgar V is portrayed at the facing side of the banknote, as well as the fragment of the map for historic Armenia.