2011 #03 Ukraine Coin 5 UAH The Kobzar`s Going to His Last Home

Description

2011 Ukraine Coin 5 UAH
The Kobzar`s Going to His Last Home (on the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of T.H.Shevchenko's )
Putting into circulation :
29
April
2011
Technical Specifications
Denomination                   5
Metal                          Nickel Silver
Weight, g                      16.54
Diameter, mm                   35
Quality class of coinage       special uncirculated
Edge                           corrugated
Mintage, pcs                   35000
The commemorative coin is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko`s death and his reburial in Ukraine.
On the obverse there are: the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine) (above); the monument fixed up on Taras Shevchenko`s grave; to the right there are the lines from his poetry: `...ЩОБ ЛАНИ / ШИРОКОПОЛІ / І ДНІПРО, І КРУЧІ / БУЛО ВИДНО, / БУЛО ЧУТИ, / ЯК РЕВЕ / РЕВУЧИЙ.` (So that the fields, the boundless steppes, The Dnieper`s plunging shore My eyes could see, my ears could hear, The mighty river roar) with T.Shevchenko`s signature; below to the right there is a conventionalized image of the Dnieper-river with the logo of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint over it, to the left there is the legend 5 ГРИВЕНЬ/2011 (5 hryvnias / 2011).
On the reverse there are: a conventionalized sketch of T.H.Shevchenko`s reburial route from Saint Petersburg to Kaniv (to the right), bas-relief of Taras Shevchenko`s portrait on the cross fixed up on Chernecha Hill after the reburial (to the left) and the inscriptions 8-22/ТРАВНЯ/1861 РОКУ (8-22/of May/1861 year) (over the portrait) and ОСТАННІЙ ШЛЯХ КОБЗАРЯ (Last path of the Kobzar) (bow-shaped, above).
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