Ukraine 50 Hryven, 2014

50 Hryven from Ukraine. Issued in 2014. Struck in Silver (.999). Measures 85 mm and weighs 500 g.

Obverse

Above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine); in the center (within the circle formed by the lines from the poem "Muse" ...ВНОЧІ, І ВДЕНЬ, І ВВЕЧЕРІ, І РАНО ВИТАЙ ЗО МНОЮ І УЧИ, УЧИ НЕЛОЖНИМИ УСТАМИ СКАЗАТИ ПРАВДУ. (… At night, and by day, and in the evening, and early in the morning soar with me and teach, teach by unlying mouth to say the truth), against the background of the rushnyk (embroidered towel) there is depicted a conventionalized allegorical embodiment of the master's talent - two Muses, those of poetry and pictorial art; below there are the coin issue year indication 2014, facsimile signature of T.H.Shevchenko and bow-shaped face value: П'ЯТДЕСЯТ ГРИВЕНЬ (fifty hryvnias).

Reverse

Coin divided into two parts (above the surface is smooth, below - in relief), which symbolizes the poet's tortuous destiny, there is a series of T.H.Shevchenko's self-portraits forming a circle and illustrating different periods of the master's life and his talent; in the center, on the smooth surface, there are the lines ДОЛЯ/…МИ НЕ ЛУКАВИЛИ З ТОБОЮ,/МИ ПРОСТО ЙШЛИ; У НАС НЕМА/ЗЕРНА НЕПРАВДИ ЗА СОБОЮ. (Destiny / …we have not been sly, you and me / we simply walked; we have not / a granule of falsehood after us.); below, on the relief surface, there is the inscription ТАРАС/ШЕВЧЕНКО (Taras / Shevchenko) and to the left there is the indication of the years of his life 1814/1861.

Edge

Smooth with in-depth legends