Ukraine 5 Hryven, 2011

5 Hryven from Ukraine. Issued in 2011. Struck in Nickel brass (German silver). Measures 35 mm and weighs 16.54 g.

Obverse

The Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine) (above); the monument fixed upon Taras Shevchenko's grave; to the right there are the lines from his poetry: "...ЩОБ ЛАНИ ШИРОКОПОЛІ І ДНІПРО І КРУЧІ БУЛО ВИДНО БУЛО ЧУТИ ЯК РЕВЕ РЕВУЧИЙ." (So that the fields, the boundless steppes, The Dnieper"s plunging shore My eyes could see, my ears could hear, The mighty river roar) with T. Shevchenko's signature; below to the right there is a conventionalized image of the Dnieper-river with the logo of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint over it, to the left, there is the legend 5 ГРИВЕНЬ 2011 (5 Hryvnias 2011).

Reverse

A conventionalized sketch of T. H. Shevchenko's reburial route from Saint Petersburg to Kaniv (to the right), bas-relief of Taras Shevchenko's portrait on the cross fixed upon Chernecha Hill after the reburial (to the left).

Edge

Reeded