The coin was struck with different dies, so its price depends on the variety: common ones are worth about face value, rare ones up to UAH 10 000. The most valuable: 1.1ААк «coarse-reeded edge» (UAH 4 000–10 000), 2БАм «thin trident, Luhansk strike» (UAH 2 500–9 000).

How to read the code: digits stand for the obverse die (the side with the trident), capital letters for the reverse die (the side with the denomination), the final letter or digit for the edge type. Codes follow I. Kolomiiets’ catalogue “Standard Coins of Ukraine”.

Which 1992 5 kopek coins are rare: variety features

5 kopek 1992 1.1ААм — the most common

Commonface value

The most common 1992 5 kopiyok — the main mintage, struck in Italy.

middle tooth thickened at the top, the “1” in the date has a tail
grains of the second and third ears have stems, tips of the upper leaves flattened on the left
bunch No. 2 is a right triangle, the berries of bunches No. 4, 5 and 6 close to the rim
fine-reeded edge

The same coin with coarse reeding is the rare 1.1ААк.

Obverse 1: thickened tooth and tailed digit 1

Obverse 1.1: grains with stems, flattened leaf

Fine and coarse reeding: comparing edges

5 kopek 1992 1.1ААк — coarse-reeded edge

RareUAH 4 000–10 000

It differs from the most common 1.1ААм only by its coarse-reeded edge, so the easiest check is to stack a few coins and compare the edges.

pointed middle tooth thickened at the top; the “1” in the date has a tail
bunch No. 2 is a right triangle; berries of bunches No. 4, 5 and 6 close to the rim
coarse-reeded edge

Variety 1.1ААк: obverse, reverse and identifying features

5 kopek 1992 1.1АВм — “olive” berries

ScarceUAH 20–50

“Olive” berries: slightly elongated, and in bunches No. 4, 5 and 6 set away from the rim. The obverse has the thickened trident tooth and the tailed “1”; fine-reeded edge.

Reverse АВ: elongated olive-shaped berries

Variety 1.1АВм: obverse, reverse and identifying features

5 kopek 1992 1.21ААм — stemless grains, stepped leaves

ScarceUAH 20–25

Sub-type 1.21 differs from the common 1.1 in its grains and leaves.

middle tooth thickened at the top, the “1” in the date has a tail
grains of the second and third ears without stems
tips of the upper leaves stepped on the left
bunch No. 2 is a right triangle, the berries of bunches No. 4, 5 and 6 close to the rim
fine-reeded edge

Obverse 1.21: stemless grains, stepped leaf

5 kopek 1992 1.21АБм — berries away from the rim

ScarceUAH 20–25

The same obverse 1.21, but reverse АБ: the berries of bunches No. 4, 5 and 6 stand away from the rim, though they are not elongated like the АВ “olives”.

stemless grains in the second and third ears, stepped tips of the upper leaves
bunch No. 2 is a right triangle, the berries of bunches No. 4, 5 and 6 further from the rim
fine-reeded edge

Reverse АБ: round berries further from the rim

Berry distance from the rim: comparing АА and АБ

5 kopek 1992 1.22ААм — stemless grains, flattened leaves

ScarceUAH 20–25

It differs from 1.21ААм in the upper leaves, whose tips are flattened rather than stepped on the left, and from the common 1.1 in its stemless grains.

grains of the second and third ears without stems
tips of the upper leaves flattened on the left
bunch No. 2 is a right triangle, the berries of bunches No. 4, 5 and 6 close to the rim
fine-reeded edge

Obverse 1.22: stemless grains, flattened leaf

5 kopek 1992 2БАм — thin trident, Luhansk strike

RareUAH 2 500–9 000

A small Luhansk mintage, so it turns up rarely. It exists in both magnetic and non-magnetic versions.

thin middle tooth of the trident
the “1” in the date has no tail
bunch No. 2 is an obtuse triangle
fine-reeded edge

Obverse 2: thin tooth and digit 1 without a tail

Variety 2БАм: obverse, reverse and identifying features

Coin 5 kopek 1992

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