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Jubilee Coin "90th Anniversary of Establishment of the West Ukrainian People’s Republic"

Issued into circulation on November 3, 2008.

Technical description

Denomination,
hryvnia		 Metal Weight,
g		 Diameter,
mm		 Quality Edge Mintage,
pieces
2 German silver 12.8 31.0 special uncirculated grooved 35 000

The commemorative coin is dedicated to the Ukrainian state established on the Western Ukraine lands after disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire comprising a considerable part of the Ukrainian lands – Halychyna (Eastern Galicia), Bukovina and Transcarpathia (Carpathian Ruthenia). On November 9, 1918, its government was formed – the State Secretariat of WUPR. The Law of November 13, 1918, secured the supremacy and sovereignty of the people.
The coin continues "Rebirth of Ukrainian Statehood" series
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On the coin obverse against the background of the flag there are: the semicircular inscription - ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÈÉ ÁÀÍÊ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ (National Bank of Ukraine) above, under which - the Small National Emblem of Ukraine, the coin face value – 2/ÃÐÈÂͲ (2/hryvnias); to the left – the lion (from the WUPR coat of arms); beneath, between the ornamentation patterns, the coin issue year - 2008 and the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint (on the right).

On the coin reverse there is depicted a group of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen under the flag and the arc-forming legend 90 ÐÎʲ ÓÒÂÎÐÅÍÍß (90 years of establishment of) and ÇÓÍÐ (WUPR).


Artists: Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk.
Sculptors: Anatolii Demianenko, Volodymyr Atamanchuk