20 Hryven Schedryk

Reverse

There is a composition divided into two parts with a conventionalized musical row from 'Shchedryk': above there is a portrait of Mykola Leontovych with a conductor's baton in his right hand, a swallow is sitting on the composer's left hand, to the right - there is the inscription МИКОЛА/ЛЕОНТОВИЧ (Mykola/Leontovych); there is the inscription ЩЕДРИК (shchedryk) to the left of the portrait against the background of concentric rings, symbolizing the sounds of music, with an insertion of cubic zirconium oxide; below there is the 'carol of bells': bells against the color holographic rings.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
МИКОЛА ЛЕОНТОВИЧ
Щедрик, щедрик, щед-рі-вочка, при-ле-тіла ластівочка.

Engravers: Volodymyr Demianenko, Anatolii Demianenko, Volodymyr Atamanchuk

Designers: Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk

Edge

Smooth with in-depth legends

Comment

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'.

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2016	3000	-	-	-	-	-	-

Values in the table are based on evaluations by sales realized on Internet platforms. They serve as an indication only for 20 Hryven (Schedryk) 2016 coin.