5 Hryven Nikolai Gogol

2009 year


Silver (.925)	16.94 g	33 mm

Description

Issuer	Ukraine
Issuing bank	National Bank of Ukraine (Національний банк України)
Period	Republic (1991-date)
Type	Non-circulating coin
Year	2009
Value	5 Hryven 5 UAH = USD 0.12
Currency	Hryvnia (1996-date)
Composition	Silver (.925)
Weight	16.94 g
Diameter	33 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated	2024-10-08

References

Numista	N#97252
Rarity index	89%

Reverse

There is a portrait of Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol dressed in a cape and a vyshyvanka (embroidered shirt) embodying the land that had educated him. Above there is the semicircular inscription МИКОЛА ГОГОЛЬ (Nikolai Gogol in Ukrainian) and below 1809/1852 – years of his life.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
МИКОЛА ГОГОЛЬ
1809 - 1852

Engravers: Volodymyr Demianenko, Sviatoslav Ivanenko

Designers: Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk

Edge

Smooth with in-depth legends

Comment

The commemorative coin is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding writer who revealed to the world the singularity of Ukraine - Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol. N.Gogol was born in the village of Velyki Sorochyntsi (now in Poltava oblast) in the family of a writer.

Interesting fact

The obverse of the coin features a portrait of Nikolai Gogol, a famous Ukrainian writer and playwright, who is considered one of the greatest writers in the Russian literature. The reverse of the coin depicts a scene from Gogol's most famous play, "The Revizor," which is a satirical comedy that criticizes corruption and bureaucracy in 19th-century Russia.

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2009	5000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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