Last modification 23-06-2008
... Home   ...Commemorative and jubilee coins
Commemorative Coin "Chumatskyi Shliakh"

In circulation on October 26, 2007.

Technical description

Denomination,
hryvnia		 Metal Weight,
g		 Diameter,
mm		 Quality Edge Mintage,
pieces
20 silver 925  62.2 50.0 Proof Grooved in sectors 5 000

The coin is dedicated to Chumaky (sing. Chumak), the trade teamsters usual for Ukraine from the XVIIth to the middle of XIXth centuries, trafficking mainly in salt transported on oxen-driven carts. They were very popular among the Ukrainian people and even the Milky Way is called in Ukrainian Chumatskyi Shliakh (Chumaky’s Way). Their singular way of life and rich folklore attracted attention of many writers and artists. Among them: I. Kotliarevskyi, H. Kvitka-Osnovianenko, T. Shevchenko, Marko Vovchok, I. Nechui-Levytskyi, Panas Myrnyi, I. Aivazovsky, K. Trutovskyi, S. Vasylkivskyi and others.

Further "Other coins"     ...Following
 precious metals ...Following

On the obverse in the center there is the wheel (hologram) with the fire spiral around symbolizing the Galaxy. There is the Small National Emblem of Ukraine above, underneath there are the legends: ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÈÉ ÁÀÍÊ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ (National Bank of Ukraine) and 20 ÃÐÈÂÅÍÜ (20 hryvnias) and the coin issue year: 2007 below, the indication of the metal, its fineness – Ag 925, and the coin weight in fineness 62.2 – as well as the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint.

On the reverse against the background of the night landscape there is the genre-piece: Chumaky’s carts, a Chumak with the tobacco-pipe, and the semi-circular legend – ×ÓÌÀÖÜÊÈÉ ØËßÕ (Chumatskyi Shliakh) below.

 

 

 

 

 

Artists: obverse: Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk; reverse: Anatolii Demianenko
Sculptors: Anatolii Demianenko, Volodymyr Demianenko.