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Spas

Issued into circulation on 28 July 2010. The coin is dedicated  to one of the major Orthodox feasts – the Transfiguration of Jesus (in common parlance – Spas, i.e. the Savior’s Feast) when grapes, apples, honey and other food are blessed by sprinkling with holy water.

Ukraine 2010 Spas. Nickel silver
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Obverse: above there are the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the semicircular legend: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine); in the centre there is the composition symbolizing the Savior’s Feast and consisting of an honeycomb frame against an amulet bunch of flowers with a sunflower above; to the left and right thereof there are depicted conventionalized cornucopias replete with apples, pears, grapes, etc.; below there is the legend: 5/ГРИВЕНЬ/2010 (5 hryvnias) together with the National Bank of Ukraine Mint logo.
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Reverse: there is the multi-figure composition of peasants in preparation for the act of blessing the gifts of nature with holy water; below there is a beehive; above there are the symbol of the Transfiguration of Jesus and the bow-shaped inscription СВЯТО СПАСА (Feast of Spas).
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UA510CM1
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€5.5
Mintage: 
45000
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16.54g
Diameter: 
35mm
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