5 hryven UKRAINE 2023 - The Renaissance of the Eurasian lynx "Chernobyl"
Description :
This coin celebrates the Eurasian lynx. The 30-kilometer exclusion zone and mandatory resettlement zone, which was designated the Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve on April 26, 2016, has become a special type of breeding reserve not only for animal species common, but also for species in danger of extinction. The lynx is one of those rare species that are difficult to find in the wild today. In the past, lynxes were widespread in Polesia (a natural and historical region that begins at the far end of Central Europe and encompasses Eastern Europe, including eastern Poland, the Belarus-Ukraine border, and Western Russia). But the destruction of forests and hunting by man made the animal rare as early as the 19th century. Eurasian lynxes are on Ukraine's endangered species list. They are also protected by Appendix II of the Berne Convention on the Conservation of Wildlife and Natural Habitats in Europe and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
Obverse : above is the small coat of arms of Ukraine, below which is the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); to the right of the shield, the coat of arms has the face value of the coin 5/ГРИВЕНЬ (5/hryvnias); In the center is a symbolic wheel of life marking the rebirth of nature: a stylized international radioactive sign wrapped in leaves surrounded by animals that are increasing their populations in the 30-kilometer exclusion zone that has become a kind of reserve breeding grounds for the black stork, Przewalski's stork. horses, lynx, bison, elk and brown bears; There is a circular legend on a plain background that reads: ИК (Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve) (on the left) Chernobyl RADIATION AND ECOLOGICAL BIOSPHERE RESERVE; Below is the year of issue of the coin, 2023; Above is the mint mark of the BNU banknote printing and minting factory.
Reverse : on the background of a landscape appears the image of a lynx (pad printing), above which, on the left, on a plain background, the following legend appears: РИСЬ/ЄВРАЗІЙСЬКА/EURASIAN LYNX (Eurasian/lynx/Eurasian lynx ); Above is a lynx with her cubs.
- Diameter: 35.00 mm.
- Weight: 16.54 grams
- Circulation: 20,000 units
