Description

Potter
Гончар

The commemorative coin is dedicated to the pottery that was one of the most important types of economic activities and artistic culture of Ukrainians; the pottery during many centuries was before others among the peasantry crafts and absorbed the technical skills and artistic traditions existing since the Neolithic Age.

Obverse: above there are the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the conventionalized legend: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine) thereunder; in the centre there are depicted in a conventionalized manner two little birds and (to the left and right of them) different potteries; below there are the legends: 5/ГРИВЕНЬ/2010 (5 hryvnias) together with the National Bank of Ukraine Mint logo.

Reverse: there is depicted a potter at work against the background of conventionalized potteries. Above, there is the legend ГОНЧАР (potter). To the left and right of the central composition there are ornamental flower patterns.