5 Hryven Kharkiv Historical Museum

Reverse

There is the following stylized composition: to the left and right are the museum’s facades that date back to different historical periods; in the center is a decorative arch, inside which is a portrait of Mykola Sumtsov; there are the following legends: 100/РОКІВ (100/years) (above), ХАРКІВСЬКИЙ ІСТОРИЧНИЙ МУЗЕЙ (Kharkiv Historical Museum) (semicircular, above the portrait), ІМЕНІ/ М. Ф. СУМЦОВА (Mykola/Sumtsov) (beneath, against a matt background).

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
100 РОКІВ
ХАРКІВСЬКИЙ ІСТОРИЧНИЙ МУЗЕЙ
ІМЕНІ М.Ф. СУМЦОВА

Engravers: Anatolii Demianenko, Volodymyr Demianenko

Designers: Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk

Edge

Reeded

Comment

This coin celebrates the Mykola Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum, a cultural center of Sloboda Ukraine (a region in the northeast of the country, as well as eastern Ukraine), and one of the largest museums in Ukraine. Each year, more than 200,000 people visit the museum, which has for over 100 years been an important research, scientific, methodological and cultural center in Kharkiv oblast. The museum was founded by Mykola Sumtsov, who also was the museum’s first director. Sumtsov was a renowned scholar, ethnographer, and historian, who studied people’s way of life and world views.

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2020	35000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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