Coin Ukraine 2016 #07 PETRYKIVKA PAINTING

Description

Петриківський розпис

PETRYKIVKA PAINTING

The coin is dedicated to the Petrykivka Painting style, a type of traditional Ukrainian decorative painting. This ancient tradition, which symbolizes the spiritual unity between humans and nature, is still being developed today.

Obverse: on the left, there is Ukraine`s small state coat of arms, below which is the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine) and the coin issue year – 2016; on the right, there is the coin face value -5 ГРИВЕНЬ (5 hryvnias); the composition is conventionalized: against a smooth background, there is a Petrykivka Painting fragment (pad printed in color on the silver coin) and an artist`s hand holding a brush; on the German silver coin, on the right, there is the logotype of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works.

Reverse: against a smooth background, a conventionalized composition consists of an artist surrounded by a wreath executed in the Petrykivka Printing style (pad printed in color on the silver coin); on the left there is the semicircular legend ПЕТРИКІВСЬКИЙ РОЗПИС (Petrykivka Paining).