5 гривен монета 2016 серебро Украина – Год петуха

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Series: Oriental calendar
This coin commemorates the year of the rooster according to a calendar of Chinese origin. The calendar is based on the twelve-year orbit of Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.

Obverse: above is Ukraine`s small coat of arms, beneath which is the legend НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК/УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine); in the center surrounded by a conventionalized floral ornament is the coin face value 5/ГРИВЕНЬ (5/hryvnias); below is the coin issue year — 2017, the coin`s metal — Ag 925, fine weight — 15.55 g, and the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works.

Reverse: surrounded by a conventionalized floral ornament is an image of the rooster, done in a lubok printing style. The rooster`s eye is decorated with a yellow cubic zirconium oxide. Above and below this composition there are sketches of all the 12 symbols of the Chinese calendar.