Ukraine 5 Hryven, 2017

5 Hryven from Ukraine. Issued in 2017. Struck in Bimetallic: brass centre in copper-nickel ring. Measures 28 mm and weighs 9.4 g.

Obverse

Above is Ukraine’s small coat of arms; there are circular legends: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine) (above) and П’ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ (five hryvnias) (below); to the right is the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works; in the center is a conventionalized composition that symbolizes the oblast: a fragment of the oblast’s flag, under which to the right is the coin’s issue year – 2017, the Sviatohirsk Cave Monastery (to the left), a spoil tip, a fragment of Ukrainian steppe with a stone baba monument (to the right); beneath are sunflowers, mining lights, and a helmet.

Reverse

Mertsalova palm in a wreath made from oak leaves – the main element of the oblast coat of arms. (Donetsk oblast
established in 1932)

Edge

Segmented reeding