Ukraine 5 Hryven 1999 - Novgorad Siversky Principality

The coin of 5 Hryvnias denomination is dedicated to 900 years of the Novgorod-Siversk Principality founded at the Liubetsk convention of old Rus princes. The campaign of the Novgorod-Siversk prince Igor against Polovtsi in 1185 was famed in the `Legend on Igor`s Regiment`, the outstanding work of the old-Rus and world literature On the coin reverse against an old Rus fortress there is the chronicle depiction of the prince`s troops during the march and the conventionalized circular inscription: НОВГОРОД-СІВЕРСЬКОМУ КНЯЗІВСТВУ 900 РОКІВ ( 900 years of the Novgorod-Siversk Principality) On the coin obverse within the sun circle there are depicted the Small National emblem of Ukraine, disturbed birds and the conventionalized inscription: УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), 5 ГРИВЕНЬ (5 hryvnia), 1999