Ukraine 5 Hryven, 2019

5 Hryven from Ukraine. Issued in 2019. Struck in Nickel brass (German silver). Measures 35 mm and weighs 16.54 g.

Obverse

There is a stylized cross made of an ornamental decorative band; inside the cross, against a smooth background, above, is Ukraine’s small coat of arms, below which is the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); there are stamps of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (to the left) and Epiphanius I of Ukraine, the Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine (to the right); between the stamps is the coin face value – 5, below which are the legend ГРИВЕНЬ (hryvnias), the coin issue year – 2019 and the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works.

Reverse

Against the backdrop of the domes of St. Sofia’s Cathedral is a stylized fragment of the tomos; on both sides of the central dome is the date on which the tomos was issued – 6.01 and 2019 (6 January 2019); there is the following circular legend: НАДАННЯ ТОМОСУ ПРО АВТОКЕФАЛІЮ ПРАВОСЛАВНОЇ ЦЕРКВИ УКРАЇНИ (the issuing of a tomos on the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox church).

Edge

Reeded