UKRAINE 5 UAH, KOBZAR, LAST JOURNEY, TARAS SHEVCHENKO, 2011, IN SOUTH AFRICA

Ukraine 5 UAH, Kobzar, LAST JOURNEY, Taras Shevchenko, 2011, Coin Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Nickel Silver Box:   No Year of Issue:   2011 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 150th anniversary of Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko`s death and his reburial in Ukraine. On the obverse there are: the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the semicircular inscription ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (National Bank of Ukraine) (above); the monument fixed up on Taras Shevchenko`s grave; to the right there are the lines from his poetry: `...¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ / ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ / ¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿, ¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ / ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿, / ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿, / ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ / ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.` (So that the fields, the boundless steppes, The Dnieper`s plunging shore My eyes could see, my ears could hear, The mighty river roar) with T.Shevchenko`s signature; below to the right there is a conventionalized image of the Dnieper-river with the logo of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint over it, to the left there is the legend 5 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿/2011 (5 hryvnias / 2011). On the reverse there are: a conventionalized sketch of T.H.Shevchenko`s reburial route from Saint Petersburg to Kaniv (to the right), bas-relief of Taras Shevchenko`s port. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.