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1998 Ukraine 5 Hryven Kyiv-Pechersk Assumption


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Comp:German silver

Weight: 16.54

Diam: 35.0

ordinary

Rim: incised

Mintage 200000

 

In circulation: the coins of 10 and 5 Hryvnias denominations since December 24, 1998;

 

The commemorative coins are dedicated to restoration of the Assumption Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, the outstanding historical and cultural monument of Ukraine of the 11th-18th centuries.

 

On the coin obverse within a frame of a baroque-like interpreted pattern ornamental there is a depiction of the Small State Emblem of Ukraine and a four line legend:

УКРАЇНА, 5 ГРИВЕНЬ, 1998 (on the German silver coin).

 

On the coin reverse there are depictions of the Assumption Cathedral, destroyed in 1941 and its.

 

Artists: Volodymyr Taran, Olexander Kharuk, Sergii Kharuk and Vitalii Kozachenko. Sculptors: Roman Chaykovsky.

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