Last modification 20-10-2005
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Commemorative Coin "St.Yura Cathedral"

In circulation since September 15, 2004.

Technical description

Denomination,
hryvnia		 Metal Weight,
g		 Diameter,
mm		 Quality Rim Mintage,
pieces
10 925 standard silver 31.1 38.61 "proof" incised 8000

The coin is dedicated to one of the outstanding monuments of the Ukrainian architecture of the 18th century in which some specific features of the West-European Baroque are brilliantly used. L' viv cathedral was founded by a metropolitan Atanasiy Sheptytskiy. It was constructed in the years 1744 - 1761 according to the design project of Bernard Meretin, the  most distinguished architect of the Right Bank Ukraine of the time.

The coin continues "Architectural monuments of Ukraine" series
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On the coin obverse a statue of St.Yura is depicted (Johan Pensel, 1759 - 1761); on the cathedral front (left from the statue) there are the coin mintage year  – 2004, the small State Emblem of Ukraine and inscriptions: ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÀ (semicircular, above),  10 ÃÐÈÂÅÍÜ (beneath), as well as designation of metal – Ag 925, its pure weight – 31,1 and the Mint logo of the National Bank of Ukraine.

 

On the coin reverse the cathedral is depicted, as well as inscriptions: ÑÎÁÎÐ ÑÂßÒÎÃÎ ÞÐÀ (semicircular, above) and Ëܲ (beneath).

Artist - Mykola Kochubey. Sculptors: Sviatoslav Ivanenko and Volodymyr Atamanchuk.

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