Date of introduction into production: April 25, 2000 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 original corrugation 50000 50000 Series: Ancient places of Ukraine Dedicated to the 2600-year-old city of Kerch, which was founded in the VI century. BC ancient Greeks and little called Pantikapaeus (the capital of the Bosporan kingdom in the V-IV centuries BC). The place, in its distant geopolitical expansion, was a trade, cultural and craft center, producing its own coins. On the obverse of the coin at the top part there is a small State Coat of Arms of Ukraine, on the mountain Mithridates - a bracelet from the archaeological excavations of the Kul-Oba mound, on the side of the mountain - stylized images of the Black and Azov seas, as well as inscription: UKRAINE, 2000, 5, HRYVEN, and the logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine. On the reverse of the coin at the center there is a column of the Ionic order - a monument at the town of Kerch, above the column - coins of Panticapaeum, left hand in front of the column - on the background of the town's landscape is the Church of John the Baptist, an architectural monument of the 10th - 14th centuries. right-handed - go and lead to Mithridat, and write in letterbox: KERCH 2600.
