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Nikolai Gogol
The Jubilee coin is dedicated to to the 200th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding writer who revealed to the world the singularity of Ukraine –Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol. N.Gogol was born in the village of Velyki Sorochyntsi (now in Poltava oblast) in the family of a writer. Issued into circulation on February 27, 2009.
Obverse:
On the coin obverse above there is the Small National Emblem of Ukraine with the semicircular legend НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine), below there are the coin face value and issue year - 5 ГРИВЕНЬ/2009 (5 hryvnias/2009) as well as the composition symbolizing two main subjects of Gogol’s creative work: that of Ukraine with its history, traditions, myths and the topic of the imperial capital city with its high life, etc.
Reverse:
On the coin reverse there is a portrait of Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol dressed in a cape and a vyshyvanka (embroidered shirt) embodying the land that had educated him. Above there is the semicircular inscription МИКОЛА ГОГОЛЬ (Nikolai Gogol in Ukrainian) and below 1809/1852 – years of his life.
Package (box, booklet, roll, etc.):
Package (box, booklet, roll, etc.):
Country:
Ukraine
Catalog ID:
UA452CM1
Value:
€45
Mintage:
5000
Quality:
Proof
Face value:
5 hryvnen
Purity:
0.925
Weight:
15.55g
Diameter:
33mm
Year:
2009
Type:
Commemorative coin
Shape and style:
Round
Edge:
Lettered
Edge Lettering:
Ag 925
Local program:
Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine
Designer:
Olexander Kharuk
Designer:
Sergii Kharuk
Designer:
Svyatoslav Ivanenko
Designer:
Volodymyr Demyanenko
Designer:
Volodymyr Taran
Source of information:
National Bank of Ukraine www.bank.gov.ua