Potter
Nominal: 5 uah
Circulation start date: 06.12.2010
The commemorative coin is dedicated to the pottery that was one of the most important types of economic activities and artistic culture of Ukrainians; the pottery during many centuries was before others among the peasantry crafts and absorbed the technical skills and artistic traditions existing since the Neolithic Age.
Obverse: above there are the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the conventionalized legend: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine) thereunder; in the centre there are depicted in a conventionalized manner two little birds and (to the left and right of them) different potteries; below there are the legends: 5/ГРИВЕНЬ/2010 (5 hryvnias) together with the National Bank of Ukraine Mint logo.
Reverse: there is depicted a potter at work against the background of conventionalized potteries. Above, there is the legend ГОНЧАР (potter). To the left and right of the central composition there are ornamental flower patterns.
Painter: Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk
Sculptor: Anatolii Demianenko
Coins in circulation (planned/actual): 45000/45000
Mass, g: 16.54
Diameter, mm.: 35
Quality: special uncirculated