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 smooth with in-depth legends 7000
Series: Ukrainian Heritage
The commemorative coin is dedicated to the Hopak, a Ukrainian folk dance, the performance whereof includes various steps of choreographic improvisation. The dance may be solitary, couple or group one. The Hopak quite often happens to be of a majestic, heroic character.
Obverse: there are the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the semicircular description НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine), a couple caught up in the stylized swirl of a dance and the following legends beneath: ДЕСЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ (10 hryvnias), as well as the issue year – 2011.
Reverse: there is depicted a dancing Cossack with a sable to whose left there is stylized ornament.
Designer: Mykola Kochubei
Engraver: Anatolii Demianenko , Sviatoslav Ivanenko