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725 years of the City of Rivne

The jubilee coin is dedicated to the centre of the Rivne Oblast situated on the Ustia-river. Rivne was first mentioned in 1283 as a town of the Kingdom of Halych-Volhynia in connection with the battle between the armies of Leszek II the Black, a duke of Kraków (Cracow), and Vytenis, a Lithuanian prince. Issued into circulation on  September 19, 2008.
725 years of the City of Rivne
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On the coin obverse there is the composition consisting of the historical and architectural monuments of the city, among them: the monument to Mariia Rivnenska Nesvytska, Church of the Assumption, Cathedral of the Intercession, etc., above there is the Small National Emblem of Ukraine and the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine); the legend 5 ГРИВЕНЬ 2008 (5 hryvnias 2008) is thereunder, as well as the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint (on the right).
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On the coin reverse  there is a conventionalized parchment scroll with a scene of the battle between the Polish and Lithuanian armies with the record whereof the city chronology begins. To the left and right of the scroll there is a conventionalized ornamental pattern, above which there is the coat of arms of the city (at the left) and the legend 725/РОКІВ (725 years) (on the right); underneath there is the semicircular inscription ПЕРША ПИСЕМНА ЗГАДКА (first record).
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UA427CM1
Krause ID: 
KM# 511
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€4.75
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45000
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16.54g
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35mm
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