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Commemorative Coin "XXI Olympic Winter Games"

Issued into circulation on January 25, 2010. 

Technical description

Denomination,
hryvnia
Metal Weight,
g
Diameter,
mm
Quality Edge Mintage,
pieces
10 925 standard silver 31.1 38.61 "proof" Smooth with in-depth legend indicating the metal, its fineness – Ag 925, weight in fineness – 31.1 g and the Mint logotype 8 000

The coin is dedicated to an important event of the international sports life, i.e. the XXI-st Olympic Winter Games in the city of Vancouver (Canada).
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On the coin obverse: above there are the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the semicircular legend: ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÈÉ ÁÀÍÊ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ (National Bank of Ukraine); below – a winter composition symbolizing the motion, the coin issue year 2010 (to the right) and the coin denomination 10/ÃÐÈÂÅÍÜ (10 hryvnias) – against the relief background downmost.

On the coin reverse: above there is depicted a conventionalized holographic snowflake with the numerals XXI thereon and images of different sports representatives surrounding the snowflake: of biathlon, freestyle skiing, figure skating, speed skating, etc. together with the legends ÇÈÌβ Î˲ÌϲÉÑÜʲ ²ÃÐÈ/ÂÀÍÊÓÂÅÐ 2010 (Winter Olympic Games/Vancouver 2010).

Designers: Volodymyr Taran, Oleksander Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk.
Engraver – Volodymyr Demianenko.