Ukraine 5 Hryven, 2009

5 Hryven from Ukraine. Issued in 2009. Struck in Silver (.925). Measures 33 mm and weighs 16.94 g.

Obverse

Above, there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК/ УКРАЇНИ (National Bank / of Ukraine) thereunder; within a conventionalized vegetable ornamentation pattern there is the face value 5/ ГРИВЕНЬ (5/hryvnias); below there is the coin issue year indication 2009, as well as the indications of the metal and its fineness Ag 925, coin weight in fineness 15.55 g and the National Bank of Ukraine Mint mark.

Reverse

Within a conventionalized vegetable ornamentation pattern there is depicted in a technique of a cheap popular print an Ox (the ox's eyes are represented by a brown cubic zirconium oxide). Both above and below this composition there is a depiction of contour figures of all 12 symbols of the Oriental calendar.

Edge

Corrugated