Date of introduction into circulation: September 17, 2005 Technical characteristics Nominal Metal Weight, g Diameter, mm Category of carbing capacity Edge Circulation, pcs. Actual circulation, pcs. 5 nickel silver 16.54 35.0 special uncirculated corrugation 60000 60000 Series: Ukrainian Slaughter Dedicated to the Sorochinsky Fair - the holy saint of trade, celebrated by M.V. Gogol in one of stories in the cycle “Evenings on the Dikanki Farm”. On the obverse of the coins, at the center of the Ukrainian landscape, M.V. Gogol and the second literary hero Rudy Panko are depicted, the inscription UKRAINE is placed in the eel, under it is the Small State Coat of Arms of Ukraine, the date of the coin’s inscription 20-05 and the inscription: 5/ HRYVEN.; logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine. The reverse of the coin depicts a richly shaped composition, characteristic of the rural fair of the 19th - 20th centuries, and the inscription SOROCHINSKY FAIR is placed in a circle.
