| Issuer | Ukraine |
| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | 5 Hryven |
| Currency | Hryvnia (1996-date) |
| Composition | Nickel brass (German silver) |
| Weight | 16.54 g |
| Dimensions | 35 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Sviatoslav Ivanenko, Anatolii Demianenko |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#816, Zahreba#KM.5.162 |
| Obverse description | Above, there is the small state coat of arms of Ukraine, to the left of which is the semicircular legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), with the coin issue year 2016 beneath it; at the bottom of the coin are the coin face value 5/ГРИВЕНЬ (5/hryvnias) and the logotype of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works; against a smooth background is a geodesic instrument, a theodolite, to the right of which is a diagrammatic drawing of triangulations, and the following coordinates: 70?40?12? (above) and 45?19?54? (below), as well as the countries through which the arc stretches: NORWAY, SWEDEN, FINLAND, RUSSIA, ESTONIA, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, BELARUS, UKRAINE, AND MOLDOVA. |
| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
| Obverse lettering | УКРАЇНА 5 ГРИВЕНЬ 2016 |
| Reverse description | Against a smooth background is a portrait of Struve, to the right of which is the semicircular legend ГЕОДЕЗИЧНА ДУГА СТРУВЕ/1816 - 1855 (Struve geodetic arc/1816-1855), the years when the survey was carried out; to the left of the portrait, against the background of a geographic map, is a conventionalized composition of the Struve arc and the legends ФУГЛЕНЕС 2822 км (Fuglenes 2,822 km) (above) and СТАРА НЕКРАСІВКА (Stara Nekrasivka (below). |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
| Reverse lettering | ГЕОДЕЗИЧНА ДУГА СТРУВЕ 1816 - 1855 |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date) |
| Mintage | 2016 - Special Uncirculated - 30 000 |
| Catalog ID | 1524861760 |
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