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Issued into circulation on May 18, 2006.
Technical description
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Face value
hryvnia |
Metal |
Weight,
g |
Diameter,
mm |
Quality |
Edge |
Mintage,
pieces |
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| 10 |
925 standard silver |
31.1 |
38.61 |
"proof" |
grooved |
5 000 |
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The commemorative coin is dedicated to the town of Chyhyryn, which is in
Cherkasy region.
During the first National Liberation War of the Ukrainian people under the leadership of
Bohdan Khmelnytskyi the Ukrainian Cossack's state - Hetmanschyna was
established. Chyhyryn became its military, administrative and political centre.
The first capital of the Hetmanschyna was residence of the Hetmans
Bohdan Khmelnytskyi , Ivan Vyhovskyi, Yuri Khmelnytskyi, Pavlo Teteria and
Petro Doroshenko.
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On the coin obverse there
is depicted a Cossack holding a bunchuk (a pole with a golden sphere and
horsetail - a symbol of Hetman's power)
against the background of Cossack standards, cannons, kettle-drums; above
there is the Small National Emblem of Ukraine, the year of coin issue
- 2006
and the crescent-shaped inscription above: ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÈÉ ÁÀÍÊ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ (National
Bank of Ukraine) and the legend 10/ ÃÐÈÂÅÍÜ (10/Hryvnia) - below.There is
the indication of metal and its fineness - Ag 925, its weight in fineness
- 31,1g and the
logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint.
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On the coin reverse
there are depicted five portraits in medallions, with the bow-shaped
inscriptions under them: ÁÎÃÄÀÍ ÕÌÅËÜÍÈÖÜÊÈÉ, ÞÐ²É ÕÌÅËÜÍÈÖÜÊÈÉ, ²ÂÀÍ ÂÈÃÎÂÑÜÊÈÉ, ÏÀÂËÎ ÒÅÒÅÐß, ÏÅÒÐÎ ÄÎÐÎØÅÍÊÎ
(Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, Yuri Khmelnytskyi, Pavlo Teteria and
Petro Doroshenko); above the portraits there is the town's coat of arms and the
inscriptions: ÃÅÒÜÌÀÍÑÜÊÀ ÑÒÎËÈÖß/ ×ÈÃÈÐÈÍ (Hetman's capital/ Chyhyryn);
beneath - Chyhyryn townscape (a fragment of an illustration from Samiylo
Velychko's chronicle).
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Artist and sculptor: Volodymyr Atamanchuk.
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