The Armenia 1,000 Dram is part of the banknote series issued in 2011 with a Kinegram holographic stripes that would alternately show an ornament and the person featured on the note when tilted. This particular banknote has been given a grade of 66 by the Paper Money Guaranty. Its obverse side depicts Armenian writer and poet Yegishe Charents and Mount Ararat. The back of the banknote displays the Old Yerevan building and a carriage with a driver pulled by two horses. This 136 x 72 mm paper bill has a solid security thread and a windowed security thread with a demetallized AMD 1000. It also has a watermark which consists of an image of Yeghishe Charents and an electrotype 1000.