Description

Annunciation
Благовіщення

The coins are dedicated to the Annunciation, one of the important Orthodox holidays, which is marked on April, 7

On the coin obverse above there is the small National Emblem of Ukraine and a semicircular inscription – НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine), in the centre there is a conventionalized setting of the Gospel, on both sides of which there are lilies, associated with the Virgin Mary. There are also placed the inscriptions: 5 ГРИВЕНЬ (5 Hryvnia), 2008, the coins mintage year (beneath) and the Mint logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine.

On the coin reverse there is a multi-figured composition – a first spring round dance, above – there is the Annunciation scene and the semicircular inscription: БЛАГОВІЩЕННЯ (Annunciation).