Ukraine 5 Hryven, 2003

5 Hryven from Ukraine. Issued in 2003. Struck in Bimetallic: brass centre in copper-nickel ring. Measures 28 mm and weighs 9.4 g.

Obverse

A bandura is depicted encircled with a Baroque ornament and the conventionalized inscription БАНДУРА (bandura) made to look like the Cossack script. (Bandura)

Reverse

The raised obverse symbolizes bandura strings. Here a Ukrainian song is reproduced as a conventionalized Baroque ornamentation. Above there is the small National Emblem of Ukraine, conventionalized inscriptions in the Cossack script - УКРАЇНА (Ukraine). Beneath there are inscriptions: 2003, the coin issue year, 5 ГРИВЕНЬ (5 hryvnia) and the NBU Mint logotype. (Ukraine
2003
5 hryven (plural of hryvnia))

Edge

Segmented reeding