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Issued into circulation on October 28, 2009
Technical description
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Face value
hryvnia |
Metal |
Weight,
g |
Diameter,
mm |
Quality |
Edge |
Mintage,
pieces |
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| 2 |
German silver |
12.8 |
31.0 |
special uncirculated |
grooved |
35 000 |
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The jubilee coin is dedicated to to to a poet being simultaneously a
romanticist and a thinker, who has enriched the Ukrainian literature with
philosophical lyrics and religious cosmic objects. Bohdan-Ihor Antonych’s
poetry has played an important role in development of the Ukrainian literary
modernism.
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On the coin obversethere are:
the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular inscription
Íàö³îíàëüíèé áàíê Óêðà¿íè (National Bank of Ukraine) to the left, the coin
issue year 2009 below and the coin face value 2/ÃÐÈÂͲ (2/hryvnias) in the
centre; to the left and right of the face value, diagonally, there is a
composition representing in a conventonalized form figurative interpretation
of Antonych’s poetry components (cosmic – to the right, vegetative – to the
left) with the National Bank of Ukraine Mint logo.
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On the coin reverse
there is Bohdan-Ihor Antonych’s portrait against the background of a
vegetative pattern; to the right 1909/1937 (years of his life) and beneath
the semicircular legend ÁÎÃÄÀÍ-²ÃÎÐ ÀÍÒÎÍÈ× (Bohdan-Ihor Antonych).
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Designers:
Volodymyr Taran, Oleksander Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk.
Engraver – Volodymyr Atamanchuk. |
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