Description

ST. ANDREW`S CHURCH

The commemorative coin is dedicated to an architectural pearl of Kyiv built in the middle of the XVIIIth century in the style of Baroque to a design by prominent architect F.B.Rastrelli, i.e. to the St. Andrews Church. The church`s sophisticated outlines, clear-cut proportions, splendid harmony of forms and surrounding landscape won it general recognition and fame.

Obverse: above there are the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the three-line legend: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine) thereunder; lower there is depicted a fragment of Baroque embossment on which an emphasis was put in decoration of the interior of the church; beneath there are the coin face values and issue year: 5/ГРИВЕНЬ/2011 (5 hryvnias) Lower there is the National Bank of Ukraine Mint logo.

Reverse: there are the St.Andrew`s Church image and legends: КИЇВ (Kyiv) against the background of the church, АНДРІЇВСЬКА ЦЕРКВА (St. Andrew`s Church) to the left, semicircular, and XVIII ст. (XVIII century) to the right, vertical.