Ukraine 20 Hryven, 2018

20 Hryven from Ukraine. Issued in 2018. Struck in Silver (.925) (Local gilding). Measures 50 mm and weighs 67.24 g.

Obverse

Above, to the left, is Ukraine’s small coat of arms, below which is the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); above, to the right, is the coin face value 20/ГРИВЕНЬ (20/hryvnias); in the center, against a matt background, are the following legends: ЗАКОН/ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ/ ДЕРЖАВИ/ ПРО ЗАСНУВАННЯ/ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ АКАДЕМІЇ НАУК/ В М. КИЄВІ/ ЗАТВЕРДЖУЮ/ ПАВЛО СКОРОПАДСЬКИЙ/ 14 ЛИСТОПАДА 1918 РОКУ М. КИЇВ (the law adopted by the/ Ukrainian /state establishing/ Ukraine’s Academy of Sciences/ in the city of Kyiv/ approved by/ Pavlo Skoropadskyi / 14 November 1918 city of Kyiv); under the legends is a facsimile of Skoropadskyi’s signature; beneath is a gilt stamp of the Ukrainian state (decorated with local gilding), on both sides of which are the following years: 1918 and 2018.

Reverse

In the center is the yellow building of the Presidium of Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, above which is the legend 100/ РОКІВ (100/ years); there is a circle made of portraits of the academy’s former presidents and their signatures: ВОЛОДИМИР ВЕРНАДСЬКИЙ (Volodymyr Vernadskyi) (above), ОРЕСТ ЛЕВИЦЬКИЙ (Orest Levytskyi) (to the right), МИКОЛА ВАСИЛЕНКО (Mykola Vasylenko) (to the left), ВОЛОДИМИР ЛИПСЬКИЙ (Volodymyr Lypskyi (to the left), ДАНИЛО ЗАБОЛОТНИЙ (Danylo Zabolotnyi) (to the right), ОЛЕКСАНДР БОГОМОЛЕЦЬ (Oleksandr Bohomolets) (beneath, to the left), ОЛЕКСАНДР ПАЛЛАДІН (Oleksandr Palladin) (beneath, to the right), БОРИС ПАТОН (Borys Paton) (beneath, in the center); below, against a matt background, is the following legend: НАЦІОНАЛЬНА/ АКАДЕМІЯ НАУК/ УКРАЇНИ (Ukraine’s/National/Academy/of Sciences).

Edge

Smooth with in-depth legends