UKRAINE 5 HRYVNIA ANTONOV AN-140 AIRCRAFT AIRPLANE AVIATION IN SOUTH AFRICA

Ukraine 5 hryvnia Antonov AN-140 aircraft airplane aviation nickel coin 2004 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country: Ukraine Metal Purity: Nickel Silver Box: No Year of Issue: 2004 Weight: 16.54 CoA: No Face Value: 5 hryvnias Dimensions: 35 Quality: ordinary Mintage: 50000 Coin has some scratches and oxides (please check photos of item) The coin is dedicated to a new generation aircraft `AN`-140 for passenger and cargo carriage (up to 6 tons). AN-140 aircraft performed its first flight in 2002. It has high performance capability and is in serial production at Kharkiv Aviation Plant. On the coin obverse in the centre of the circle made of a string of beads there is depicted the small National Emblem of Ukraine within an allegoric composition of the sun, a conventionalized wing, birds and stars that symbolize the dream of mankind to reach outer space. There are the following inscriptions: on the German silver coin - ???????, 2004, 5, ??????? (Ukraine/ 5/ hryvnia/ 2004). On the coin there is also the Mint logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine. On the coin reverse there is a depiction of AN-140 aircraft and there are circular inscriptions between the coin external rim and the beads circle: ?????? ??????? (aircrafts of Ukraine)- above, ??-140 and AN-140 -beneath;, between which there is AN logotype is depicted. ____________________________________________________ Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.