My Collection
Description:
Obverse
The coin commemorates one of the oldest zoos in Europe, which performs cultural and educational functions and is the architectural landmark of Kharkiv. The zoo is located in the city center, occupying the area of 22 hectares and comprising about 400 species of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Among them, there are 145 rare and endangered species listed in the International Red List of Threatened Species and the Red List of Threatened Species of Ukraine. In 1925, Kharkiv Zoo was the first in Ukraine to buy for its collection the representative of one of the largest animals in the world - the elephant.
Reverse
On the reverse: in the centre against the background of the conventionalized image of the city of Kharkiv there are depicted the elephant holding the flower in its trunk and the inscriptions ХАРКІВСЬКИЙ ЗООПАРК (Kharkiv Zoo) (semicircular, above) and 120/років (120/years)(below).
Related Coins
2 Hryvni (European Bison)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 2 Hryvni
2 UAH = 0.07 USD
Year: 2003 / Material: Copper-nickel-zinc
1 Hryvnia (VE Day)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 1 Hryvnia
1 UAH = 0.037 USD
Year: 2015 / Material: Brass
5 Hryven (Johann Georg Pinzel)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 5 Hryven
5 UAH = 0.18 USD
Year: 2010 / Material: Silver (.925)
20 Hryven (70th Anniversary of Proclamation of the Republic of Carpatho-Ukraine)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 20 Hryven
20 UAH = 0.74 USD
Year: 2009 / Material: Silver (.925)
5 Hryven (The Famine - Genocide of the Ukrainian People)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 5 Hryven
5 UAH = 0.18 USD
Year: 2007 / Material: Copper-nickel-zinc
2 Hryvni (100th Anniversary of Ascania Nova)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 2 Hryvni
2 UAH = 0.07 USD
Year: 1998 / Material: Copper-nickel-zinc
2 Hryvni (Hryhorii Kvitka)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 2 hryvni
2 UAH = 0.07 USD
Year: 2008 / Material: Copper-nickel-zinc
20 Hryven (10 Years of the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 20 Hryven
20 UAH = 0.74 USD
Year: 2001 / Material: Silver (.925)
5 Hryven (Bohuslav)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 5 Hryven
5 UAH = 0.18 USD
Year: 2008 / Material: Copper-nickel-zinc
2 Hryvni (Odessa University)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 2 Hryvni
2 UAH = 0.07 USD
Year: 2015 / Material: Copper-nickel-zinc