Last modification 26-06-2007
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Jubilee Coin "Ivan Ohienko"

In circulation since June 12, 2007.

Technical description

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

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.

The coin continues "Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine" series
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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.


 

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).

 

Artists: Volodymyr Taran, Olexander Kharuk and Serhii Kharuk.
Sculptors: Sviatoslav Ivanenko, Volodymyr Atamanchuk