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Commemorative Coin "On the Way to the Independence: Ukrainian-Swedish Politico-Military Alliances of the XVIIth – XVIIIth Centuries”

Issued into circulation on September 29, 2008.

Technical description

Denomination,
hryvnia		 Metal Weight,
g		 Diameter,
mm		 Quality Edge Mintage,
pieces
10 925 high standard silver 31.1 38.61 "proof" plain 5 000

The commemorative coin “On the Way to the Independence: Ukrainian-Swedish Politico-Military Alliances of the XVIIth – XVIIIth Centuries” is  issued to commemorate the conclusion of Ukrainian-Swedish alliances, namely the Treaty of Korsun in 1657, Velyki Budyscha Pact of 1709 as well as the 300th anniversary of the events relative to the political and military actions of the Hetman Ivan Mazepa. These international treaties were intended to obtain the Ukrainian state independence
 
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On the coin obverse there are: the semicircular inscription ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÈÉ ÁÀÍÊ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ (National Bank of Ukraine) and the Small National Emblem of Ukraine above, the legend (denomination and the year of the coin issue) – 10/ÃÐÈÂÅÍÜ/2008 (10/hryvnias/2008) and the conventionalized image of scrolls with seals as a symbol of Ukrainian-Swedish politico-military alliances beneath.

On the coin reverse there are, against the background of flags, the portraits of the most significant persons of the relevant historical period – the Hetmans Bohdan Khmelnytskyi and Ivan Mazepa, the Kings Charles XII and Charles X Gustav (from left to right).

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