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Jubilee Coin "175 years of the State Arboretum “Trostianets” "

Issued into circulation on September 15, 2008.

Technical description

Denomination,
hryvnia		 Metal Weight,
g		 Diameter,
mm		 Quality Edge Mintage,
pieces
5 German silver 16.54 35.0 special uncirculated grooved 45 000

The commemorative coin is dedicated to a unique world-famous monument of landscape architecture of the XIXth century situated in the south-east part of the Chernihiv Oblast. The Arboretum was created thanks to the efforts of Ivan Mykhailovych Skoropadskyi and at his own expense using the methods of artificial terrain formation. The unique collections of introduced woody plants of the Arboretum have been included in the State Register of Scientific Importance Sites being the national patrimony of Ukraine.
The coin continues "Flora and Fauna" series
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On the coin obverse there are: the mirror image of swans against the background of wavy water, the face value 5 ÃÐÈÂÅÍÜ (5 hryvnias) on the left above, the Small National Emblem of Ukraine and the semicircular legend ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÈÉ ÁÀÍÊ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ (National Bank of Ukraine) on the right, the coin issue year 2008 as well as the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint beneath.

On the coins reverse there is, against the background of a pond and a park images, the portrait bust of the arboretum founder with the legend ²ÂÀÍ/ÑÊÎÐÎÏÀÄÑÜÊÈÉ (Ivan/Skoropadskyi)/1804-1887 thereunder, the inscription 175/ÐÎʲ (YEARS) is to the left and the crescent legends ÄÅÐÆÀÂÍÈÉ ÄÅÍÄÐÎËÎò×ÍÈÉ ÏÀÐÊ (State Arboretum) on the left and ÒÐÎÑÒßÍÅÖÜ (Trostianets) above.


Artists: Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk.
Sculptors: Sviatoslav Ivanenko, Volodymyr Atamanchuk.