Ukraine 5 Hryven, 2011

5 Hryven from Ukraine. Issued in 2011. 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 semicircular legend НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine); lower there is a conventionalized composition symbolizing Dniprova Chaika's creative work and representing a girl near the sea; below there is the legend indicating the coin face value and issue year П'ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ /2011 (five hryvnias / 2011).

Reverse

Against the dark background there are a portrait of the authoress and the inscription ЛЮДМИЛА ВАСИЛЕВСЬКА (Liudmyla Vasylevska) to the left as an arch; under the portrait there are the legends ДНІПРОВА / ЧАЙКА (Dniprova / Chaika) and 1861/1927 (her life years); to the right against the light background there are the lines from Dniprova Chaika's verse "The Star" "…Тої зірки, / того світу / Повік не забуду!" (That star, / that light / (I shall) never forget) together with the conventionalized image of the gull thereunder.

Edge

Smooth with in-depth legends