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In circulation since January 18, 2008.
Technical description
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Denomination,
hryvnia |
Metal |
Weight,
g |
Diameter,
mm |
Quality |
Rim |
Mintage,
pieces |
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| 2 |
German silver |
12.8 |
31.0 |
special uncirculated |
incised |
35 000 |
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The coin is dedicated to Leo D.Landau (1908 – 1968), an outstanding
physicist-theorist, the Nobel Prize laureate (1962), who made significant
contribution to almost all fields of theoretical physics. He was the author
of the classic work on diamagnetism of free electrons, theory of liquid
helium superfluidity and many others. In the city of Kharkiv Leo D.Landau
lead a theoretical department of the Ukrainian institute for Physics and
Engineering, at the same time he headed chairs of theoretical physics in the
Kharkiv Institute for Engineering and Mechanics and in the Kharkiv
university, having established an advanced school of the Soviet theoretical
physics.
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On the coin obverse
above there is placed the inscription: ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÈÉ
ÁÀÍÊ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ (National Bank of Ukraine), in the middle of which there is the
small National Emblem of Ukraine, a conventionalized composition: the
distribution function of electrons and ions in the anisometric plasma
against the background of the sun, below there are the inscriptions:
2 ÃÐÈÂͲ/ 2008 (2 Hryvnia/2008) and the Mint logotype of the National Bank
of Ukraine.
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On the coin reverse
there is depicted a portrait of Lev Landau and there are placed the
inscriptions: ËÅÂ ËÀÍÄÀÓ (Leo Landau) (on the left), 1908 – 1968 (on the
right)
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Artists: Volodymyr Taran, Olexander Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk.
Sculptor: Volodymyr Demianenko.
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