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5 Hryven (Oriental Calendar. Year of the Rat)

Country:

Ukraine

Series:

1996~Today - Numismatic Hryvnia (Oriental Calendar)

Catalog codes:

iInfringe

Themes:

Art | Coats of Arms | Rats | Stylized Animals

Issued on:

2008-01-03

Last issue date:

2008-01-03

Distribution:

Numismatic Product

Mints:

Ukrainian Mint, Kyjiv, Ukraine

Composition:

Silver

Orientation:

Medal alignment ↑O↑

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Not decorated. Both sides

Weight:

15.55 grams

Diameter:

33 mm

Face value:

5 ₴ - Ukrainian hryvnia

Known mintage:

15,000

Composition Details:

925/1000 Silver 0.5002 oz. ASW, 75/1000 copper925/1000 Silver 0.5002 oz. ASW, 75/1000 copper

Score:

90% Accuracy: Low

Description:

Front: within setting made of a conventionalized vegetable ornamentation there are inscriptions: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК/ УКРАЇНИ/ 5/ ГРИВЕНЬ (National Bank /of Ukraine/ 5/ Hryvnia); above there is the small National Emblem of Ukraine, beneath: 2008, the coin issue year, as well as Ag 925, the designation of metal; 15,55, its weight in fineness and the NBU Mint logotype.
Back: there is depicted a rat made in a technique of a cheap popular print within a vegetable ornamentation setting (a rat eye is decorated with 0,01carat diamond). Both above and below this composition there is a depiction of contour figures of all 12 symbols of the Oriental calendar.
Designer: Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk
Engraver: Anatolii Demianenko
There are 2 varieties of the coin. There are many differences between them, for example, different tail designs. But the main difference - the right lower bunch: without "holes" (this is the most common type) and with "holes" (more rare).

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