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Issued into circulation on April 26, 2006.
Technical description
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Denomination,
hryvnia |
Metal |
Weight,
g |
Diameter,
mm |
Quality |
Edge |
Mintage,
pieces |
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| 5 |
German silver |
16.54 |
35.0 |
ordinary |
grooved |
60 000 |
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The commemorative coin is dedicated to one of the leading economic, scientific
and cultural centres of the state – the city of Lviv. The first written
reference to the city was made as far back as 1256. The city had been
founded by the King Danylo of Halych and named after his son Lev. Since 1272
Lviv had been the capital of the principality of Halych and Volhynia.
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On the coin obverse
there is a depiction of an ornamentation element of the chapel of
Boim family - a lion's head, to the left whereof there is the Small
National Emblem of Ukraine, to the right: 2006, the coin mintage year,
there are also conventionalized inscriptions: ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÈÉ ÁÀÍÊ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ (National
Bank of Ukraine) (above in a semicircle), 5 ÃÐÈÂÅÍÜ (5 Hryvnias) and the
logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint.
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On the coin reverse
there is a panoramic view of the city of L'viv in the early 17th
century as depicted on an A.Passarotti's picture (1613), above which there is a
fragment of an official Council seal of the city of Lviv and beneath there
is the inscription: ËܲÂ/ 750 (Lviv / 750).
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Artist: Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk.
Sculptor: Volodymyr Demianenko
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