UKRAINE 5 UAH GUTNIK (GLASSBLOWER) GUTNYK FOLK CRAFTS COIN IN SOUTH AFRICA

Ukraine 5 UAH GUTNIK (Glassblower) Gutnyk Folk Crafts Coin Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Nickel Silver Box:   No Year of Issue:   2012 Weight:   16.54 CoA:   No Face Value:   5 hryvnias Dimensions:   35     Quality:   special uncirculated     Mintage:   35000   New coin with capsule The commemorative coin is dedicated to the glassblowing, i.e. glass production known as early as in the Kyiv Rus epoch. After many centuries of development the glassblowing has reached a high artistic level. Especially ingenuous were flasks, very small casks, large bottles, quart bottles and differently shaped vessels in the form of cockerels, birds, teddy-bears, etc. Obverse: above there are the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the conventionalized legend: ???????????? ???? ??????? (National Bank of Ukraine) thereunder; in the centre there are depicted in a conventionalized manner two little birds and (to the left and right of them) different glassblowing products - glass household stuff; below there are the legends: 5/???????/2012 (5 hryvnias) together with the National Bank of Ukraine Mint logo. Reverse: there is depicted a glassblower fabricating a vessel. Above, there is the legend ?????? (glassblower). To the left and right of the central composition there are ornamental flower patterns. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.