The coin is dedicated to the 150^th anniversary of the birth of Vicentiy V. Khvoika (1900-1993), an outstanding Ukrainian archeologist, the discoverer of Trypilska (4-2 centuries B.C.), Zarubynetska (3 century B.C.- 4 century A.D.) and Chernyakhivska (2-7 centuries A.D.) civilizations, as well as Scythian and Eastern-Slavic tombstones. He is one of the founders of  the Kyiv State Museum (now - the National  Museum of the History of Ukraine).
In circulation since March 29, 2000.