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Issued into circulation on January 25, 2010
Technical description
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Face value
hryvnia |
Metal |
Weight,
g |
Diameter,
mm |
Quality |
Edge |
Mintage,
pieces |
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| 5 |
Ag 925 |
15.55 |
33.0 |
Proof |
Smooth with
in-depth legends: Ag 925 (metal and fineness), 15,55 (weight in fineness),
NBU Mint logo
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5 000 |
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The commemorative coin is dedicated to Ivan Pavlovych PULIUI (another spelling -
Pulyui) (1845-1918), an inventor and physicist, who discovered the peculiar
properties of the cathode rays, later on rediscovered by Wilhelm Conrad
Röntgen and named after him, before the latter. Ivan Puliui was the author
of nearly 50 research and popular-science works on physics and electrical
engineering written in Ukrainian, German and English. In addition, he was
proficient in ancient languages and left a large heritage in the area;
together with P.Kulish and I.Nechui-Levytskyi he participated in translation
of the Bible into Ukrainian.
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On the coin obverse:
above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular legend
ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÈÉ ÁÀÍÊ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ (National Bank of Ukraine); the composition staple
is represented by one of the first (made before 1895) Puliui’s X-ray
photographs of a jewelry; below there are bow-shaped inscriptions of the
coin face value 5 ÃÐÈÂÅÍÜ (5 hryvnias) and issue year 2010.
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On the coin reverse:
there is a portrait of Ivan Puliui, to the left whereof there are the
inscriptions: above ²ÂÀÍ/ÏÓËÞÉ/1845-1918 (Ivan/Puliui) and below - one of
his sayings:«...ÍÅÌÀ/Á²ËÜØÎÃÎ/ÃÎÍÎÐÓ/ÄËß/²ÍÒÅ˲ÃÅÍÒÍÎÃÎ/×ÎËβÊÀ,/ßÊ ÁÅÐÅÃÒÈ
ÑÂÎÞ ²/ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÓ ×ÅÑÒÜ/ÒÀ ÁÅÇ ÍÀÃÎÐÎÄÈ/²ÐÍÎ ÏÐÀÖÞÂÀÒÈ/ÄËß ÄÎÁÐÀ ÑÂÎÃÎ/ÍÀÐÎÄÓ,
ÙÎÁ/ÇÀÁÅÇÏÅ×ÈÒÈ/ÉÎÌÓ ÊÐÀÙÓ/ÄÎËÞ». (“...There is no/greater honour/for an
intelligentsia/professional/than to keep intact his own and/national honour/and
without recompense/to devotedly work/for the welfare of his/people, in
order/to ensure/their better destiny”.).
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Designers:
Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk.
Engravers – Anatolii Demianenko.
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