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In circulation since April 28, 2004.
Technical description
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Denomination,
hryvnia |
Metal |
Weight,
g |
Diameter,
mm |
Quality |
Rim |
Mintage,
pieces |
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| 5 |
Embedding metal: cupronickel
Ring metal: Nordik (CuAl5Zn5Sn1) |
9.4 |
28.0 |
ordinary |
sector incised |
30 000 |
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The coin is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Crimea joining Ukraine.
In February 1954 the Crimean region was attached to UkSSR. On February 12, 1991
the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law of Ukraine "On the renewal
of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic". On April 24, 1992 it was
renamed for the Autonomous Republic of Crimea which is an autonomous
administrative and territorial unit of Ukraine and its inseparable constituent
part. It is situated in the south of the state on the Crimean peninsula. The
area - 27 thousand km2, population - 2,221 million people.
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On the coin obverse
upon the background of à map of Ukraine there is a depiction of a sheaf
consisted of 25 spikelets tied up with a jute, which symbolizes Ukraine. In
the centre on the foreground there is the small State Emblem of Ukraine, to
the left under the map - the coin mintage year, to the right beneath -
ÊÐÈÌ inscription. On the coin there are semicircular inscriptions:
ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÀ (above), 5 ÃÐÈÂÅÍÜ (beneath) and the Mint logo of the
National Bank of Ukraine.
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On the coin reverse
in the centre the Coat of arms of the the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is
depicted, beneath - a bunch of grapes; the external and internal circles are
linked with a jute, along the external circle there is a circular
inscription: ÂÕÎÄÆÅÍÍß ÊÐÈÌÓ ÄÎ ÑÊËÀÄÓ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ,
above in two lines - 50 ÐÎʲÂ.
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Artist: Larysa Koren'. Sculptor: Volodymyr Demianenko.
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