New Ukrainian coin 200th birth Anniversary of Semen Hulak-Artemovsky

New Ukrainian coin 200th birth Anniversary of Semen Hulak-Artemovsky

The National Bank of Ukraine has put into circulation "200th birth Anniversary of Semen Hulak-Artemovsky" coin on February 15th, 2013.

Face value of new "200th birth Anniversary of Semen Hulak-Artemovsky" coin is 20 hryven, metal - silver, purity 0.925, weight 62.2 g, diameter 50 mm, briliant uncirculated quality. Mintagage 4 000 pcs.

Coin is minted at the .

Semen Stepanovych Hulak-Artemovsky (Ukrainian: Семен Степанович Гулак-Артемовський, also referred to as Semyon Gulak Artemovsky) (February 16 [O.S. February 4] 1813 - April 17 [O.S. April 5] 1873), was a Ukrainian opera composer, singer (baritone), actor, and dramatist who lived and worked in Imperial Russia.

He is known mainly for his comic opera Zaporozhets za Dunayem (A Zaporozhian (Cossack) Beyond the Danube), as well as for his dramatic talent and his powerful, rich baritone voice. He was the nephew of the poet Petro Hulak-Artemovsky and a close friend of Taras Shevchenko.

Source of information: National Bank of Ukraine www.bank.gov.ua