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In circulation since May 23, 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 Yevhen Petrushevych (1863 – 1940), a Ukrainian
lawyer, a figure of the Ukrainian national-liberation movement in Halychyna,
one of the founders of the Western-Ukrainian Peoples Republic, chairman of the
Ukrainian National Council, the parliament of the republic (actually, the WUPR
president).
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On the coin obverse
in the centre there is the small National Emblem
of Ukraine, underneath – 2008, the coin mintage year; around the coin
circumference there are inscriptions: ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÈÉ ÁÀÍÊ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ (National
Bank of Ukraine) (above), IJ ÃÐÈÂͲ (two Hrivnias) (beneath) and the
logotype of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine.
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On the coin reverse
there is a portrait of Yevhen Petrushevych, on the
right: 1863/1940, his years of life, on the left - the lion of Halych and
beneath there is a semicircular inscription: ªÂÃÅÍ ÏÅÒÐÓØÅÂÈ× (Yevhen
Petrushevych).
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Artists: obverse: Volodymyr Demianenko; reverse: Volodymyr Taran, Olexander Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk;
Sculptor: Volodymyr Atamanchuk
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