The National Bank of Ukraine has put into circulation 5 hryvnen "Vladimir Vernadsky (1863 - 1945)" coin on February 25th, 2013 from Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine coin series.

Face value of new "Vladimir Vernadsky (1863 - 1945)" coin is 5 hryven, metal - silver, purity 0.925, weight 15.55 g, diameter 33 mm, proof quality. Mintagage 5 000 pcs. Coin is minted at the Mint of National Bank of Ukraine.

Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (Russian: Влади́мир Ива́нович Верна́дский, Ukrainian: Володимир Іванович Вернадський; 12 March [O.S. 28 February] 1863 – 6 January 1945) was a Ukrainian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist who is considered one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology. His ideas of noosphere were an important contribution to Russian cosmism. He also worked in Ukraine, where he founded the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (now National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine). He is most noted for his 1926 book The Biosphere in which he inadvertently worked to popularize Eduard Suess’ 1885 term biosphere, by hypothesizing that life is the geological force that shapes the earth. In 1943 he was awarded the Stalin Prize.

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