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Jubilee Coin "140 Years of Taras Shevchenko All-Ukrainian “Prosvita” Society"

Issued into circulation on December 1, 2008.

Technical description

Denomination,
hryvnia		 Metal Weight,
g		 Diameter,
mm		 Quality Edge Mintage,
pieces
5 external ring  - copper-nickel alloy
internal ring   - Nordic (CuAl5Zn5Sn1)		 9.4 28.0 special uncirculated set of grooves

 

 45 000

The commemorative coin is dedicated to a Ukrainian cultural and educational society founded in 1868 in Lviv by a group of Narodovtsi (patriotic liberal intelligentsia faction) whose main objective was promotion of education of Ukrainian people, strengthening of the Ukrainian national idea, development of the national culture, formation of the national consciousness, etc.
 
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On the obverse  within the central circle there is depicted the tree of life as an ornamental pattern with the year of issue thereunder; above there is the Small National Emblem of Ukraine; on the ring there is the circumferential inscription: ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÈÉ ÁÀÍÊ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ – Ï’ßÒÜ ÃÐÈÂÅÍÜ (National Bank of Ukraine – Five hryvnias) – below.

On the reverse there are the emblem of the All-Ukrainian “Prosvita” (Enlightenment) Society and the circumferential inscription: ÂÑÅÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÑÜÊÅ ÒÎÂÀÐÈÑÒÂÎ ²Ì. ÒÀÐÀÑÀ ØÅÂ×ÅÍÊÀ – 140 ÐÎʲ (All-Ukrainian Society named after Taras Shevchenko – 140 years) – below.


Artist: Sviatoslav Ivanenko.
Sculptors: Volodymyr Demianenko, Sviatoslav Ivanenko