5 Hryven The Snake

Features

Issuer Ukraine
Issuing bank National Bank of Ukraine (Національний банк України)
Period Republic (1991-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2017
Value 5 Hryven
5 UAH = USD 0.13
Currency Hryvnia (1996-date)
Composition Silver (.925) (Local gilding)
Weight 16.94 g
Diameter 33 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
113058
References KM# 877
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

The Snake

Series: Fauna in Cultural Monuments of Ukraine

Obverse

Above are Ukraine's small coat of arms, the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), the coin issue year 2017 and the coin face value 5/ ГРИВЕНЬ (5/hryvnias); in the center is a gilt ring in the shape of a snake (second-third centuries AD) found in the ancient town of Tyras (the modern town of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi), to the right of which is a double-sided medallion, which was worn on the neck (12th century AD). Such medallions were very popular in Kyiv Rus. They were used as protective amulets, featuring a Christian motif on one side and the Medusa's head on the other side.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
УКРАЇНА
5 ГРИВЕНЬ
2017

Engravers: Volodymyr Demianenko, Anatolii Demianenko

Designers: Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk

Reverse

There is an image of a snake against the background of Trypillian ceramics in the shape of snakes.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering: ЗМІЯ

Engravers: Volodymyr Demianenko, Anatolii Demianenko

Designers: Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk

Edge

Smooth with in-depth legends

Mint

National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)

Comments

This coin celebrates the snake and its representations in cultural monuments from various times. The tribes and peoples that inhabited Ukrainian lands for thousands of years have created countless works of art. Priceless cultural monuments from various periods in history tells us how ancient people learned to work with natural materials, and to make them powerful by using symbols - representations of birds, animals, people and ornaments, etc. The image of the snake plays a prominent role in the ornaments of Trypillian ceramics. In Trypillian culture, snakes were seen as benevolent, and the protectors of domestic property.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2017  4 000 $ 26 Special Uncirculated

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