Ukraine 5 Hryven, 2011

5 Hryven from Ukraine. Issued in 2011. Struck in Silver (.925). Measures 33 mm and weighs 16.82 g.

Obverse

Above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular legend НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine) and lines from a P.Tychyna's poem written in 1942 (thereunder): "І кричу я: Україно! / Потім стану й прислухаюсь. / Чути... здалеку: - Тримаюсь! / Хмарко! Ластівко! Калино! / І в той бік я повертаюсь." ("And call I yelling: Ukraine! / Then stop and listen. / It is hearable... from afar: I'm holding out! / Cloudlet! Swallow! Kalyna (Viburnum opulus)! (Help!) / And towards that direction I turn."); below there is Tychyna's picture of his parents homestead together with the mallow flowers to the left thereof; to the right there is indicated the coin issue year 2011 and, below, the face value П'ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ (five hryvnias).

Reverse

There is a portrait of Pavlo Tychyna against the background of bookshelves; below there is the conventionalized inscription ПАВЛО ТИЧИНА (Pavlo Tychyna) and his life years 1891-1967.

Edge

Smooth with in-depth legends