Ukraine 5 Hryven 2003 - 60th Anniversary Liberation of Kiev

The coin is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Kyiv from fascist invaders in November 1943 in the course of the battle for Dnipro, an important offensive operation of the second phase of the Great Patriotic war, in the result of which the `Eastern Barrage Fire` was destructed and the radical turn in the course of the war was completed On the coin reverse there is depicted at the top a map of the Soviet troops advance, below which there is a conventionalized scene of the Dnipro river forced crossing; in the background there is depicted a panorama of the City of Kyiv; as well as the following inscriptions: above - a three-lined inscription: 60 РОКІВ ВИЗВОЛЕННЯ КИЄВА (60 Years of the liberation of Kyiv), beneath to the left -there is a semicircular inscription - ВЕЛИКА ВІТЧИЗНЯНА ВІЙНА (Second World War) On the coin obverse there is depicted: above - the coins issue year, under which - the small National Emblem of Ukraine and a three-lined inscription: on the German silver coin - УКРАЇНА, 5 ГРИВЕНЬ (Ukraine/ 5/ hryvnia); on the right side of the coin there is depicted a memorial plaque and eternal flame. On the coin there is also as the logotype of the NBU Mint is depicted.