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The Cossack State

The Cossack State coin commemorates the front page of the nation`s history, which brought glory and immortality to the Ukrainian people. It represents the Ukrainian Cossack State (1648 - 1782), which emerged from the fire of a national liberation revolution in the mid-seventeenth century, which was led by Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi.

Ukraine 2016 The Cossack State Nickel silver
Obverse: 
to the right against a matt background is the coin face value 5 ГРИВЕНЬ (5 hryvnias), the vertical legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), the coin issue year 2016, and the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works; to the left against a smooth background is a Cossack holding a musket and a shield; shield bears an image of Ukraine`s small coat of arms.
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There is a conventionalized heraldic symbol of the Cossack state (a `national coat of arms`), a Cossack with a musket; above is the semicircular legend КОЗАЦЬКА ДЕРЖАВА (Cossack state).
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UA700CM1
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€4.5
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50000
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16.54g
Diameter: 
33mm
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