The commemorative coin is dedicated to the town of Chyhyryn, which is in Cherkasy region. During the first National Liberation War of the Ukrainian people under the leadership of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi the Ukrainian Cossack's state - Hetmanschyna was established. Chyhyryn became its military, administrative and political centre. The first capital of the Hetmanschyna was residence of the Hetmans Bohdan Khmelnytskyi , Ivan Vyhovskyi, Yuri Khmelnytskyi, Pavlo Teteria and Petro Doroshenko. Issued into circulation on May 18, 2006.