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Commemorative coins "Bokorash"

Issued into circulation on July 28, 2009

 
Denomination,
hryvnia		 Metal Weight,
g		 Diameter,
mm		 Quality Edge Mintage,
pieces
10 925 standard silver 31.1 38.61 "special uncirculated "

Smooth with in-depth legends: Ag 925 (metal and fineness), 31,1 (weight in fineness), NBU Mint logo

 up to 10 000
5 German silver 16.5 35.0 special uncirculated grooved 45 000

The commemorative coins are dedicated to  the profession of the timber-floater or raftsman (in Ukrainian vernacular – bokorash) which required uncommon strength and skill. The logging was carried out in Polesia (Polissia) and in the Carpathians where this craft was widespread till the 50-ies of the last century.

The coin starts "Folk Crafts of Ukraine" series
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On the obverse of the coins  there are depicted the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine (above) with the conventionalized inscription ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÈÉ ÁÀÍÊ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ (National Bank of Ukraine) thereunder, conventionalized images of two birds in the centre and Carpathian landscapes to the left and to the right with spruces, cottages and logs; below there are the legends: on the silver coin 10/ÃÐÈÂÅÍÜ/2009 (10 hryvnias), on the German silver coin 5/ÃÐÈÂÅÍÜ/2009 (5 hryvnias).  

On the reverseof the coins there is depicted the figure of a bokorash with a tsapyna (pole) in the hands which is directing the raft downstream, on either side of him there are traditional Carpathian ornamental patterns; above, against the background in the form of a log butt end there is the legend ÁÎÊÎÐÀØ (Bokorash). 


Designers: Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk.
Engravers: Anatolii Demianenko, Sviatoslav Ivanenko.