Ukraine 5 Hryven, 2008

5 Hryven from Ukraine. Issued in 2008. Struck in Nickel brass (German silver). Measures 35 mm and weighs 16.54 g.

Obverse

There is the composition consisting of the historical and architectural monuments of the city, among them: the monument to Mariia Rivnenska Nesvytska, Church of the Assumption, Cathedral of the Intercession, etc., above there is the Small National Emblem of Ukraine and the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine); the legend 5 ГРИВЕНЬ 2008 (5 hryvnias 2008) is thereunder, as well as the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint (on the right).

Reverse

There is a conventionalized parchment scroll with a scene of the battle between the Polish and Lithuanian armies with the record whereof the city chronology begins. To the left and right of the scroll there is a conventionalized ornamental pattern, above which there is the coat of arms of the city (at the left) and the legend 725/РОКІВ (725 years) (on the right); underneath there is the semicircular inscription ПЕРША ПИСЕМНА ЗГАДКА (first record).

Edge

Corrugated