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Jubilee Coin "900 years of Novgorod-Siversk Principality"

In circulation since June 25, 1999.

Technical description

Denomination,
hryvnia		 Metal Weight,
g		 Diameter,
mm		 Quality Rim Mintage,
pieces
5 German silver 16.54 35.0 ordinary incised 50000

he jubilee coin of 5 Hryvnias denomination is dedicated to 900 years of Novgorod-Siversk Principality, founded at the Lyuberetsk congress of old Russian princes. The Novgorod-Siversk prince Igor's campaign against Polovets troops in 1185 was praised at the "Legend on Igor's Regiment", the outstanding work of old-Russian and world literature.
The coin initiates "Ancient cities of Ukraine " series
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On the coin obverse within a sun circle there are the Small State emblem of Ukraine, disturbed birds and a conventionalized inscription: ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÀ, 5, ÃÐÈÂÅÍÜ, 1999.

On the coin reverse against an old Russian fortress there is a chronicle depiction of  prince's fighting men in the campaign and a conventionalized circular inscription: ÍÎÂÃÎÐÎÄ-ѲÂÅÐÑÜÊÎÌÓ ÊÍßDzÂÑÒÂÓ 900 ÐÎʲÂ.


Artist and sculptor: Volodymyr Atamanchuk.

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