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In circulation since January 8, 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 Vasyl Stus (1938 – 1985), a public figure,
translator, literary critic and poet of a tragic fate, whose works are
translated into many languages of the world. A tireless fighter for human
rights Vasyl Stus was a member ( in 1979 – 1980 - a chairman) of the
Ukrainian Helsinki group for human rights observation.
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On the coin obverse
against the glass background there is a semicircular
inscription: ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÈÉ ÁÀÍÊ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ ((National Bank of
Ukraine), under which there is the small National Emblem of Ukraine, a
conventionalized composition symbolizing the way to the independence, below
there are the inscriptions: 2008 / 2 ÃÐÈÂͲ (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 Vasyl Stus against the
background of Alla Horska's conventionalized mosaics "Woman-Bird", to
the right of which there is the semicircular inscription: ÂÀÑÈËÜ ÑÒÓÑ
(Vasyl Stus)
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Artist and sculptor: Volodymyr Atamanchuk.
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