Denomination Metal Weight of pure precious metals, g Diameter, mm Quality class of coinage Edge Mintage, pcs
10 silver (Ag 925) 31.1 38.6 proof corrugated 8000
Series: Ritual Holidays of Ukraine
The coins are dedicated to the Annunciation, one of the important Orthodox holidays, which is marked on April, 7
БЛАГОВІЩЕННЯ On the coin obverse above there is the small National Emblem of Ukraine and a semicircular inscription – НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine), in the centre there is a conventionalized setting of the Gospel, on both sides of which there are lilies, associated with the Virgin Mary. There are also placed the inscriptions: 10 ГРИВЕНЬ (10 Hryvnia), 2008, the coins mintage year (beneath), the designation of the metal and its sample – Ag 925, weight in purity – 31,1 and the Mint logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine.
БЛАГОВІЩЕННЯ On the coin reverse there is a multi-figured composition – a first spring round dance, above – there is the Annunciation scene and the semicircular inscription: БЛАГОВІЩЕННЯ (Annunciation).
Designer: Mykola Kochubei
Engraver: Sviatoslav Ivanenko , Anatolii Demianenko