10 Hryven Samiilo Velychko, Ukraine

Against a matt background is the smooth outline of a Cossacks profile (the image of Samiilo Velychko); against the backdrop of the profile is the following fragment of the preface to Velychkos chronicle written in the cursive style used by Cossacks: / / / , / ,/ / / / / (Dear reader, nothing is more interesting for the curious human nature than to read books and learn about old human acts and deeds); to the left, against the background of a quill pen, is the legend / (Samiilo/Velychko); to the right of the profile are the dates of the chroniclers birth and death 1670/1728.

Volodymyr Atamanchuk

Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk

Above is Ukraine’s small coat of arms, below which is the stylized legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); against a smooth background is a composition symbolizing the activities of a chronicler: an ink pot, from which a sheet of paper with the following legends unfolds: ЛІТОПИС/ САМІЙЛА/ ВЕЛИЧКА/ 1720 (chronicle/by Samiilo/Velychko/1720); the coin’s face value 10/ГРИВЕНЬ (10/hryvnias) and the coin’s issue year – 2020 are beneath.

Volodymyr Atamanchuk

Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk

Smooth with in-depth legends