Description:
Obverse
On the obverse is placed: at the top of the small State Emblem of Ukraine and the semicircular inscription - NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE, shown observatory building, designed by V. Beretta, with the pavilion through which Kyiv meridian, under which the inscriptions: Astronomical Observatory / Kiev National university, NAME Shevchenko 5 USD / 2010 and the Mint logo of the National Bank of Ukraine (right).
Reverse
There is depicted a unique example of astronomical equipment - meridian circle, set in 1872, stylized starry sky and left semicircular inscription KYIV 1845 MERIDIAN
Related Coins
5 Hryven (Hopak)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 5 Hryven
5 UAH = 0.18 USD
Year: 2011 / Material: Copper-nickel-zinc
5 Hryven (The Year of the Rooster)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 5 Hryven
5 UAH = 0.18 USD
Year: 2017 / Material: Silver (.925)
5 Hryven (Lyre)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 5 Hryven
5 UAH = 0.18 USD
Year: 2004 / Material: Bi-Metallic Brass center in Copper-nickel ring
10 Hryven (Ozbek Han Mosque)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 10 Hryven
10 UAH = 0.37 USD
Year: 2014 / Material: Silver (.925)
200 Hryven (Taras Shevchenko)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 200 Hryven
200 UAH = 7.40 USD
Year: 1997 / Material: Gold (.900)
20 Hryven (Peresopnytsia Gospels)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 20 Hryven
20 UAH = 0.74 USD
Year: 2011 / Material: Silver (.925)
5 Hryven (The Auroch)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 5 Hryven
5 UAH = 0.18 USD
Year: 2017 / Material: Silver (.925)
50 Hryven (In Honor of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I Visit to Ukraine)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 50 Hryven
50 UAH = 1.85 USD
Year: 2008 / Material: Silver (.999)
10 Hryven (Baturyn)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 10 Hryven
10 UAH = 0.37 USD
Year: 2005 / Material: Silver (.925)
5 Hryven (Kharkiv University)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 5 Hryven
5 UAH = 0.18 USD
Year: 2004 / Material: Silver (.925)






















