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Ivan Kotliarevskyi
The jubilee coin is dedicated to Ivan Petrovych Kotliarevskyi (1769-1838), an outstanding Ukrainian writer, public figure, the first classicist of modern Ukrainian literature, author of the famous works – the poem “Eneida” (Aeneid), the play “Natalka Poltavka” (Natalka from Poltava) and the vaudeville “Moskal-Charivnyk” (The Muscovite-Sorcerer). Issued into circulation on September 22, 2009.
Obverse:
On the coin observeabove there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular legend НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine); below there is the coin face value 5 ГРИВЕНЬ (5 hryvnias), and in the centre – the conventionalized composition representing Aeneas, a boat, a fragment of a column from Troy and an helmet with the coin issue year indication 2009 thereunder.
Reverse:
On the coin reverse there is a portrait of Ivan Kotliarevskyi; to the left and right thereof there are lines from T.Shevchenko’s poem “To Kotliarevskyi’s Imperishable Memory” ...Поки сонце з неба сяє, Тебе не забудуть! (While the sun in the sky shines, You will not be forgotten!) and semicircular inscriptions ІВАН КОТЛЯРЕВСЬКИЙ (Ivan Kotliarevskyi) above and 1769-1838 (years of his life) below.
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Country:
Ukraine
Catalog ID:
UA474CM1
Value:
€35
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, 15.55 g and the National Bank of Ukraine Mint logotype
Local program:
Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine
Designer:
Svyatoslav Ivanenko
Source of information:
National Bank of Ukraine www.bank.gov.ua