5 Hryven The Year of the Rat

Issuer Ukraine
Year 2020
Type Non-circulating coin
Value 5 Hryven
Currency Hryvnia (1996-date)
Composition Nickel brass (German silver)
Weight 16.54 g
Diameter 35 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s) Kuts Marina, Sviatoslav Ivanenko, Roman Chaikovskyi
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#981, Zahreba#KM.5.221
Obverse description Above is Ukraine`s small coat of arms, to the right of which is the semicircular legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); against a smooth background, are the 12 symbols of the oriental calendar depicted around a circle; in the center of the circle is a stylized clock with a hand pointing to the rat – the symbol of the current year; below the hand is the coin issue year 2020; beneath, to the left, is the semicircular legend 5 ГРИВЕНЬ (5 hryvnias); against a matt background, are the symbols of each season that were stylized to resemble a Ukrainian ornament: a snowflake (above), a flower (to the right), a berry (beneath), and a leaf (to the left); the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works is to the right, above the symbol of the tiger.
Obverse script Cyrillic
Obverse lettering УКРАЇНА 2020 5 ГРИВЕНЬ
(Translation: Ukraine 2020 5 hryvnias)
Reverse description There is a curled up rat – the symbol of the current year according to the oriental calendar; the rat is circled with the following stylized symbols: snowflakes (above, to the right), flowers (beneath, to the right), fruit (beneath, to the left), and tree branches (above, to the left).
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
Edge Reeded
Mint National Bank of Ukraine Banknote
Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)
Mintage 2020 - Special Uncirculated - 50 000
Numisquare ID 1537074990
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