Composition: cupronickel
Weight 14.35g
Diameter: 33.0
"proof-like"
Rim: incised
Mintage: 250 000

In circulation since April 25, 1996.

The coins issued to mark the 10th years of the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.


On the coin obverse on the coin obverse there is the Small State Emblem of Ukraine in the middle of the beads circumference decoration, framed with guelder-rose sprays. Above the State Emblem there is the year of issue -1996. Around the coin circumference there are inscriptions: УКРАЇНА at the upper part and 2 МІЛЬЙОНИ КАРБОВАНЦІВ at the lower part in three rows (on silver coin) and in two rows 200000 КАРБОВАНЦІВ (cuptronickel coin).

On the coin reverse there is a bell depiction in the coin center with the inscription ЧОРНОБИЛЬ upon it. Beneath the bell there is a strip with the inscription 1986-1996. On the background there are flying cranes: three - to the bell's left and two - to its right. Around the coin circumference there is an inscription: ТРАГЕДІЯ ПОДВИГ ЗАСТЕРЕЖЕННЯ. Words are separated with dots from one another and from the strip.

Artists: Olexander Ivakhnenko (obverse) and Sergii Minenok (reverse). Sculptors: Robert Kotowicz (silver coin) and Maria Poldaufova (cupronickel coin).

Great design.

There was a programme on the television last night about Chornobyl - notice the Ukrainian spelling also on the coin. This has to be one of the costliest disasters ever in terms of thousands of lives and in expense of cleanup and containment. This disaster will continue to affect people generations from now.

Even being 100km from Chornobyl in Kyiv, I still wondered how safe even Kyiv is now?

A nice design for a touchy subject.

Geez, Chernobyl. That's a sad story. It's not the distance that's important if you are concerned about radiation, but more likely, the food products that you eat, and the water supply. Those are a lot harder to control, especially ground water, and some babusikas who collect wild mushrooms to earn a living... farming areas around that areas, etc... pretty sad stories really.

In Ukraine you are more likely to get poisoned from pesticides on your food than radiation poisoning. My wife got sick from eating watermelon which had too much pesticides on them.

lol that's quite true. Well, lol @ modern technology