UKRAINE
KM 209 |
SHORT COINS ENCYCLOPAEDIA |
Face Value | Diameter mm | Weight g | Thickness mm | Edge - Lettered | Composition | Rotation |
1 hryvna | 26.0 | 6.9 | 1.85 | Inscription: "One hryvna - 2005" | Aluminum-Bronze | Medal |
Obverse | Reverse | |||
In the center within the frame of an old-rus ornamental pattern : face value, above - small coat of arms, title of state in Ukrainian, below - the year of minting. |
Inscription along the rim: "Vladimir the Great". In the center: a effigy of the prince holding a cross in his right hand and a conventionalized depiction of the Church of Tithes in his left hand. St. Vladimir Svyatoslavich the Great (c. 958 – 1015) was the grand prince of Kiev who converted to Christianity in 988. |