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  • 5 Hryven 2016, KM# 821, Ukraine, Ukrainian Heritage, Schedryk
  • 5 Hryven 2016, KM# 821, Ukraine, Ukrainian Heritage, Schedryk
Description

The coin commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first performance of the Schedryk carol of Mykola Leontovych by the Kyiv University choir. Mykola Leontovych was an innovative Ukrainian composer. He excelled in creating small choral pieces and arranged about 200 folk songs. He had no equal for his good ear for folk music and for using musical means to create poetic images. 'Shchedryk' is one of the most popular Leontovych's arrangements, which the composer worked on almost all his life. It is known not only in Ukraine but also in the entire world as 'The Carol of the Bells', 'The Ukrainian Bell Carol', or 'The Ukrainian Carol'.

Designers: Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk
Engraver: Anatolii Demianenko

Obverse

On the lusterless surface, the following is depicted: above there is the state coat of arms of Ukraine with the inscription Ukraine to the right and the year of issue underneath; against the note rows there is the relief image of a swallow, under which to the right there is the face value and the mark of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine.

The state coat of arms of Ukraine is the Tryzub (trident). The modern "trident" symbol was adopted as the coat of arms of the Ukrainian People's Republic in February 1918. The design has precedents in seals of the Kiyivan Rus'. The first known archeological and historical evidence of this symbol can be found on the seals of the Rurik dynasty. It was stamped on the gold and silver coins issued by Prince Volodymyr the Great (980–1015).

УКРАЇНА
2016
5
ГРИВЕНЬ

Reverse

Depicts a group of singing carolers, one of them is holding a Christmas star, above which there are the inscriptions 'Shchedryk, shchedryk, shchedrivochka'.

ЩЕДРІВОЧКА
ЩЕДРИК
ЩЕДРИК

Edge
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Nickel Silver
Weight 16.54 g
Diameter 35 mm
Thickness 2.12 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Mint (NBU)

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