Ukraine 20 Hryven, 2011

20 Hryven from Ukraine. Issued in 2011. Struck in Silver (.925). Measures 50 mm and weighs 67.25 g.

Obverse

Above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine); to the left there is a portrait of Lesya Ukrainka with indication of her life years 1871/1913 and a gilded quill pen with the inscription ЛЕСЯ/УКРАЇНКА (Lesya/Ukrainka) thereover; to the right there is depicted a viburnum branch with the coin issue year indication 2011; below there is the coin face value ДВАДЦЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ (twenty hryvnias).

Reverse

In the foreground there is a lyric representation of Mavka holding in hand a willow branch being a part of "a century-old heavily wooded forest"; in the dark background there is depicted Lukash who, leaning against a birch tree, is playing the sopilka whose sounds awaken Mavka. Below to the right there is the legend ЛІСОВА / ПІСНЯ (forest / song).

Edge

Smooth with in-depth legends