Denomination: 5 UAH Date of introduction into circulation: 04/24/2026 Material: nickel silver Booklet Report Description: The commemorative coin is dedicated to the participants in the liquidation of the accident at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. Before the death of the worst disaster in the history of nuclear energy, nearly 600 thousand people died - military personnel, fire fighters, law enforcement officers, doctors, scientists and volunteers, such as At the cost of good health and life, they changed the scale of the tragedy for millions of people in Ukraine and beyond. The name of the coin echoes the name of the monument “To those who stole the light” near Chornobyl, which was created by the fire fighters (the author of the project is Ivan Simonov) in memory of colleagues who suffered a devastating blow in the accident in the first half of the last century. fire elements. On the obverse of the coin there is the inscription CHORNOB, whose first two letters are stylized as the number 40, which symbolically marks the end of the hour of the tragedy with its name, and the unfinished image of the letter B plays a role compositional transition to reverse. At the top of the composition there is a small Sovereign Coat of Arms of Ukraine, written UKRAINE, coin issue - 2026. At the top of the left hand is the logo of the Banknote and Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine. At the bottom of the coin is the denomination 5 and the graphic sign of the hryvnia. On the reverse of the coin there is the inscription BIL, which instead echoes the unfinished word on the obverse, and also reminds us of the suffering caused by the legacy of the Chernobyl disaster, and the deep sorrow that was once buried in collective memory. At the top of the composition there is an inscription 40 ROCKIES OF THE CHORNOBILE CATASTROPHY. Artist: Kovalenko Mykola Circulation (print/actual), pcs.: 50000/35000 Mass, g: 16.54 Diameter, mm: 35 Carbine quality category: special uncirculated
