5 Hryven The Kobzar`s going to his last Home

€29,761.00
IssuerUkraine
Year2011
TypeNon-circulating coin
Value5 Hryven
CurrencyHryvnia (1996-date)
CompositionNickel brass (German silver)
Weight16.54 g
Dimensions35 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)Anatolii Demianenko, Sviatoslav Ivanenko
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#619, Zahreba#KM.5.87
Obverse descriptionThe Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine) (above); the monument fixed upon Taras Shevchenko`s grave; to the right there are the lines from his poetry: `...ЩОБ ЛАНИ ШИРОКОПОЛІ І ДНІПРО І КРУЧІ БУЛО ВИДНО БУЛО ЧУТИ ЯК РЕВЕ РЕВУЧИЙ.` (So that the fields, the boundless steppes, The Dnieper`s plunging shore My eyes could see, my ears could hear, The mighty river roar) with T. Shevchenko`s signature; below to the right there is a conventionalized image of the Dnieper-river with the logo of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint over it, to the left, there is the legend 5 ГРИВЕНЬ 2011 (5 Hryvnias 2011).
Obverse scriptCyrillic, Cyrillic (cursive)
Obverse letteringНАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ ...ЩОБ ЛАНИ ШИРОКОПОЛІ І ДНІПРО І КРУЧІ БУЛО ВИДНО БУЛО ЧУТИ ЯК РЕВЕ РЕВУЧИЙ. 5 ГРИВЕНЬ 2011
Reverse descriptionA conventionalized sketch of T. H. Shevchenko`s reburial route from Saint Petersburg to Kaniv (to the right), bas-relief of Taras Shevchenko`s portrait on the cross fixed upon Chernecha Hill after the reburial (to the left).
Reverse scriptCyrillic
Reverse lettering8-22 ТРАВНЯ 1861 РОКУ ОСТАННІЙ ШЛЯХ КОБЗАРЯ
EdgeReeded
MintNational Bank of Ukraine Banknote
Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)
Mintage2011  - Special Uncirculated - 35 000
Catalog ID8339392390
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