Date of introduction into obіg: February 15, 2013 Technical characteristics Nominal 20 Metal silver (Ag 925) Weight of expensive metal in purity, g 62.2 Diameter, mm 50.0 Category of hardness carburation special uncirculated Edge smooth with faded writing Circulation, pcs. 4000 Series: Ukrainian Slaughter Dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the national day of Semyon Gulak-Artemovsky - Ukrainian composer, opera singer, brilliant actor, author of the first Ukrainian opera “Zaporozhets beyond the Danube”, which entered the gold fund of the National Musical Disaster, as well as the 150th anniversary of the premiere of this opera. This opera is the composer’s ultimate treasure, which is infused with the national peculiarities of Ukrainian folklore and everyday life. In addition, Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky is the author of the libreto and the first victor of the Karas part. On the obverse of the coin there is placed: ugri - the small State Coat of Arms of Ukraine, written in inscription NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE, a stylized composition, in the center of the image on the mosque there are the main characters of the opera - Odarka and Ivan Karas, on in the foreground there is a rural landscape - huts under straw, mud, hollyhocks; writing - 2013 (right-handed), TWENTY HRYVNI (at the bottom with a hand). On the reverse of the coin, framed by a stylized baroque dewy ornament, there is a portrait of S. Gulak-Artemovsky, holding a pen in his hand, the right hand in front of him is the hero of the opera Oksana and Andriy, the left hand above the lero is a woman, who is especially the muse of the singer and the composer, the inscription is placed - SEMYON GULAK-ARTEMOVSKY (povkolom), 200/rock.
