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Year of the Pig

The commemorative coin is dedicated to the Year of the Pig – one of the years of the Chinese calendar based on the twelve-year cycle of the Jupiter. Issued into circulation on January 2, 2007.
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On the obverse of the coin, bordered by a primitivism style vegetative ornament, there are the inscriptions: УКРАЇНА / 5 / ГРИВЕНЬ (Ukraine, 5 hryvnias); above – the Small National Emblem of Ukraine with the inscription over it: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine), below – the year of the coin issue – 2007, the indication of metal and its fineness – Ag 925, weight in fineness – 15.55 and the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint.
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On the reverse of the coin there is a lubok-print-like depiction of a pig surrounded by conventionalized vegetative ornaments. Above and below this composition there are small silhouettes of all 12 animal symbols of the Chinese calendar.
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UA360CM1
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KM# 419
Value: 
€55
Mintage: 
15000
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0.925
Weight: 
15.55g
Diameter: 
33mm
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