Ukraine 5 Hryven, 2013

5 Hryven from Ukraine. Issued in 2013. 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); in the centre there is the image of the House of a Poet with the silhouettes of people before it representing the "hospitality spirit" of the good host's residence; thereunder is the inscription БУДИНОК ПОЕТА М.ВОЛОШИНА (House of the poet M.Voloshin) with the coin issue year indication 2013 to the right thereof; below there are the mark of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint and the coin face value П'ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ (five hryvnias).

Reverse

There is depicted the working artist's silhouette against the background of the waterscape with the lines from his poem exposing the kernel of Maximilian Voloshin's creative work of a poet and artist. (The door is open, / Cross the threshold, / My home / Is exposed / In advance / To every road…
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary)

Edge

Reeded