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In circulation since June 12, 2007.
Technical description
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Denomination, hryvnia |
Metal |
Weight, g |
Diameter, mm |
Quality |
Rim |
Mintage, pieces |
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German silver |
12.8 |
31.0 |
special uncirculated |
incised |
35 000 |
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The coin is dedicated to Ivan Ohienko (1882 – 1972), an outstanding
Ukrainian scientist, public and ecclesiastical figure. Ivan Ohienko - a
philologist, literary critic, founder and rector of the Kamianetz-Podilskyi
state university was a minister of education and a minister of religions of
the Ukrainian People's Republic. Ivan Ohienko made a significant
contribution to development of Ukrainian culture and linguistics.
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On the coin obverse
against the glass background there is the inscription: ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÈÉ ÁÀÍÊ
ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ (National Bank of Ukraine), beneath there is a three line
inscription: 2/ ÃÐÈÂͲ/ 2007 (2 Hryvnia, 2007), and four
three-cornered sectors, which are decorated with vegetable ornament in
Baroque style, as well as the NBU Mint logotype.
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On the coin reverse
there is depicted a portrait of Ivan Ohienko, at the left and at the right
of it, in
three-cornered segments there is inscribed: 1882 -
1972, his year of life, below there is a semicircular inscription:
²ÂÀÍ ÎòªÍÊÎ (Ivan Ohienko).
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Artists: Volodymyr Taran, Olexander Kharuk and Serhii Kharuk.
Sculptors: Sviatoslav Ivanenko, Volodymyr Atamanchuk
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