Ukraine 5 Griven 125 years of tram traffic in Kiev Nickel coin 2017

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Ukraine 5 Griven 125 years of tram traffic in Kiev Nickel coin 2017
Denomination                  5
Metal                              nickel silver
Weight                            16.54
Diameter, mm                  31
Mintage,                          40000
Dedicated to launch electric tram in Kiev. The electric tram was established and renowned inventor engineer Werner von Siemens. In 1881, his company opened the world's first tram service between Berlin and Lihterfeldom. In the same year, electric trains began to ply the streets of Paris. In June 1892 in Kiev, one of the coolest in the Alexander descent (now? Vladimir) went electric tram. Its route ran from the Royal Square to the Lower Square (now the European and US). The invention Siemens proved to be very useful for `city on seven pahorbah`. At the end of the nineteenth century Kyiv was almost 50 kilometers of electrified tramways.
Obverse: above the small State Emblem of Ukraine, left semicircular inscription - UKRAINE right - 5 hryvnia (vertical label) and the year of issue 2017; stylized composition, on the pavement tram track upward movement as a symbol of progress and inscriptions KIEV 1892/1881 PARIS / BERLIN 1881 / LONDON 1901; logo Mint National Bank of Ukraine (bottom left).
The reverse of the coin tram passengers on the background of the Kiev landscape and semicircular inscriptions tram in Kiev / 125 / YEARS.