Year of the Tiger (silver)
Year of the Tiger (silver)
Tuesday, 05 January 2010
Rating: 5 grivnas
metall: silver (Ag 925)
circulation: 20000
diametr: 33 mm
The weight: 15,55 grams
herd: corrugated
series: Oriental calendar
category: proof
NBU Price: 359
The commemorative coin continuing the `Chinese Calendar` series is dedicated to the year of the Tiger according to the Chinese calendar based on the twelve-year cycle of the Jupiter, the largest planet of the Solar system.
On the coin obverse above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine; below there are the inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК/ УКРАЇНИ (National Bank/of Ukraine), the coin face value 5/ ГРИВЕНЬ (5/ Hryvnias) within a conventionalized vegetable ornamentation pat
On the coin reverse there is depicted in a technique of a cheap popular print a tiger within a conventionalized vegetable ornamentation pattern (tiger`s eyes are represented by citrines of 0.007 carat each). Both above and below this composition there is a depiction of contour figures of all 12 symbols of the Oriental calendar.
artist: Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk
sculptor: Anatolii Demianenko