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Ukrainian Pysanka

The commemorative coin is dedicated to pysanka-making art (Easter egg decoration) being a striking example of creative work in Ukrainian traditional art and having peculiar ornamentation patterns and scales of colours in each ethnographic region of Ukraine. Issued into circulation on April 16, 2009.
Ukraine 2009 Ukrainian Pysanka. Nickel silver
Obverse: 
On the coin observe against the dark background there are the Small National Emblem of Ukraine (on the left) and a fragment of a pysanka, below against the light background there are the coin face value 5 ГРИВЕНЬ (5 hryvnias) and issue year 2009 together with a fragment of a pysanka, the dark and light parts are separated by the conventionalized legend НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine).
Reverse: 
On the coin reverse there is depicted an Easter still life – on the rushnyk (embroidered towel characteristic of Ukraine) there is a paska (Easter bread) with a candle thereon encircled with eggs; over them there is the conventionalized legend УКРАЇНСЬКА ПИСАНКА (Ukrainian pysanka); above there is a pysanka between the pysanka ornamentation patterns peculiar to Lemkivshchyna (Lemkos inhabited area), Bukovina, Hutsulshchyna (Hutsuls inhabited districts), etc.

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Ukraine 2009 Ukrainian Pysanka. Nickel silver
Ukraine 2009 Ukrainian Pysanka. Nickel silver
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UA457CM1
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€5
Mintage: 
50000
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16.54g
Diameter: 
35mm
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Product name: Ukraine 2009 Ukrainian Pysanka. Nickel silver
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