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Issued into circulation on December 25, 2008.
Technical description
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Face value
hryvnia |
Metal |
Weight,
g |
Diameter,
mm |
Quality |
Edge |
Mintage,
pieces |
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| 2 |
German silver |
12.8 |
31.0 |
special uncirculated |
grooved |
35 000 |
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The commemorative coin “Vasyl Symonenko” with the face value of 2 hryvnias
is dedicated to Vasyl Andriiovych Symonenko, a poet, prose writer and
journalist, who held deservedly an important position within the Pleiad of
the “shestydesiatnyky” (sixtiers). The poet’s work played a significant role
in the Ukrainian literature of the XXth century and is a model of high civic
consciousness. A patriotism subject of love for Ukraine and Ukrainians
bulked large therein.
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On the coin obverse
there are: the Small State Emblem of Ukraine (above) with the legend
Íàö³îíàëüíèé áàíê Óêðà¿íè (National Bank of Ukraine) thereunder; the face
value 2/ÃÐÈÂͲ (2/Hryvnias) and the coin issue year 2008 (below); there is
depicted the conventionalized composition illustrating Symonenko’s poem
“Motherhood Swans” together with the logotype of the National Bank of
Ukraine Mint (on the left).
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On the coin reverse
there is Vasyl Symonenko’s portrait; on the right, against the background of
willow leaves, there is the inscription ÂÀÑÈËÜ ÑÈÌÎÍÅÍÊÎ/1935-1963 (VASYL
SYMONENKO) together with two semicircular legends: ÌÎÆÍÀ ÂÑÅ ÍÀ ѲҲ
ÂÈÁÈÐÀÒÈ, ÑÈÍÓ, (POSSIBLE IS EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD TO CHOOSE, MY SON,)
above and ÂÈÁÐÀÒÈ ÍÅ ÌÎÆÍÀ Ò²ËÜÊÈ ÁÀÒÜʲÂÙÈÍÓ (TO CHOOSE IS NOT POSSIBLE
ONLY THE MOTHERLAND) below.
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Artist –
Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk.
Sculptor -
Sviatoslav Ivanenko |
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