Ukraine 5 Hryven, 2017

5 Hryven from Ukraine. Issued in 2017. Struck in Nickel brass (German silver). Measures 35 mm and weighs 16.54 g.

Obverse

Above is Ukraine's small coat of arms, to the left of which is the semicircular legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); on the right is the coin face value 5 ГРИВЕНЬ (5 hryvnias) (written vertically) and the coin issue year 2017; there is the following conventionalized composition: tram tracks on a stone pavement aiming skywards as a symbol of progress and the legends КИЇВ (Kyiv) 1892/PARIS 1881/BERLIN 1881/LONDON 1901 (cities in which, and the years when, electric trams were launched); there is the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works.

Reverse

There is a tram with passengers against the background of a Kyiv cityscape. (Tram service in Kyiv
125 years)

Edge

Reeded