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5 Hryven
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2018-2024 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | УКРАÏНА 5 ГРИВЕНЬ 2018 |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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This series was introduced as part of Ukraine's broader shift away from paper hryvnia banknotes toward a more durable coin-based circulation — a transition the National Bank pursued aggressively through the 2010s in response to the short lifespan of low-denomination paper currency in everyday use. Nickel-plated zinc was chosen largely on cost grounds, as the hryvnia's purchasing power made expensive alloys impractical for a coin at this face value.
Production continued through the full-scale Russian invasion period beginning in 2022, with the Luhansk and Donetsk minting infrastructure long since inaccessible — all output consolidated at the Kyiv facilities of Ukrainski Suvenirnyi Monetni Dvir.