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Jubilee coins  "120 Years of the Odesa State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre"

Issued into circulation on July 25, 2007.

 
Denomination,
hryvnia		 Metal Weight,
g		 Diameter,
mm		 Quality Edge Mintage,
pieces
10 925 standard silver 31.1 38.61 "proof" grooved 5 000
5 German silver 16.54 35.0 special uncirculated grooved 35 000

The coin is issued on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the Odesa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, a famous building which is a wide-known architectural monument built in the Viennese Baroque style according to the design project of architects Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer. The theatre was opened in 1887. The ceiling of the theatre hall was painted by the Vienna artist Franz Lefler with motives of Shakespeare's plays. The theatre is famous not only due to its architecture but also due to its staging record.
The coin continues "Architectural monuments of Ukraine" series
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On the obverse of the 10 Hryvnia coin the theatre hall interior is depicted and the following inscriptions are placed: ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÈÉ/ ÁÀÍÊ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ/ 10 ÃÐÈÂÅÍÜ/ 2007 (National Bank of Ukraine/ 10 Hryvnias/ 2007), to the left whereof there is the Small National Emblem of Ukraine, as well as designation of the metal Ag 925 and weight in fineness 31,1.

On the obverse of the 5 Hryvnia coin a ballet scene is depicted, the Small National Emblem of Ukraine (above) and the inscription ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÈÉ ÁÀÍÊ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ (National Bank of Ukraine); below there is 5/ ÃÐÈÂÅÍÜ (5 Hryvnias) and the coin mintage year 2007. On both coins there is the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint.
 

On the reverse of both coins the building of the Odesa State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre is depicted, under which there is the inscription: 120 ÐÎʲ (120 Years), and one more around the coin circumference - ÎÄÅÑÜÊÈÉ ÄÅÐÆÀÂÍÈÉ ÀÊÀÄÅ̲×ÍÈÉ ÒÅÀÒ ÎÏÅÐÈ ÒÀ ÁÀËÅÒÓ (Odesa State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre).


 

Artists of the coin of 10 Hryvnia denomination: Volodymyr Taran, Serhii Kharuk and Olexander Kharuk.
Sculptors: Sviatoslav Ivanenko and Volodymyr Demianenko.

Artists of the coin of 5 Hryvnia denomination: obverse: Volodymyr Atamanchuk; reverse: Volodymyr Taran, Serhii Kharuk and Olexander Kharuk.
Sculptors: Volodymyr Atamanchuk and Volodymyr Demianenko.