Presented by
National Bank of Ukraine
Nominal value
100 Hryvnya
Metal
Silver 999°
Weight
1000 g
Diameter
100 mm
Mintage
700 pcs.
Production quality
Special uncirculated
Description of obverse and reverse
Obverse: on the top there is a small National Emblem of Ukaine and the year of stamping 2009, below there is a 3-line inscription – "ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÈÉ ÁÀÍÊ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ", a conventional design of the Solar system where the third planet Earth is made from a blue topaz of 0.2 carats; against the orbits there is an armillary sphere, a classic astronomic device that was used for defining coordinates of heavenly bodies, below there is is a 2-line semicircle inscription "100 ÃÐÈÂÅÍÜ".
Reverse: in the left sector on the relief background there are images of Galileo Galilei (on top), a stylized medieval miniature of supervision over at the star sky (at the bottom); on the right there is one of the galaxies (on top), a radio telescope (at the bottom). On the mirror background of the coin there is an observatory (at the bottom) and inscriptions above – ̲ÆÍÀÐÎÄÍÈÉ (semicircle) вÊ, in the centre of the composition there is an inscription ÀÑÒÐÎÍÎ̲¯, where the letter "Î" is placed with Planet Saturn.
Designer
Vladimir Demiyanenko
Producer
Banknote Printing and Minting Works of the National Bank of Ukraine