UKRAINE 5 HRYVNAS IVAN KOTLIAREVSKYI WRITER PUBLIC FIGURE IN SOUTH AFRICA

Ukraine 5 hryvnas Ivan Kotliarevskyi Writer Public Figure silver proof coin 2009 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Silver 0.925 Box:   Yes Year of Issue:   2009 Weight:   15,55 CoA:   Yes Face Value:   5 hryvnias Dimensions:   33     Quality:   Proof     Mintage:   5,000   New coin with capsule, CoA and box The coin is dedicated to Ivan Petrovych Kotliarevskyi (1769-1838), an outstanding Ukrainian writer, public figure, the first classicist of modern Ukrainian literature, author of the famous works - the poem `Eneida` (Aeneid), the play `Natalka Poltavka` (Natalka from Poltava) and the vaudeville `Moskal-Charivnyk` (The Muscovite-Sorcerer).On the obverse above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular legend ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (National Bank of Ukraine); below there is the coin face value 5 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (5 hryvnias), and in the centre - the conventionalized composition representing Aeneas, a boat, a fragment of a column from Troy and an helmet with the coin issue year indication 2009 thereunder.On the reverse there is a portrait of Ivan Kotliarevskyi; to the left and right thereof there are lines from T.Shevchenko`s poem `To Kotliarevskyi`s Imperishable Memory`...¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿, ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿! (While the sun in the sky shines, You will not be forgotten!) and semicircular inscriptions ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (Ivan Kotliarevskyi) above and 1769-1838 (years of his life) below. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.