2 Hryvni Ostap Vyshnia

2 Hryvni (Ostap Vyshnia) - obverse2 Hryvni (Ostap Vyshnia) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Ukraine
Issuing bank National Bank of Ukraine (Національний банк України)
Period Republic (1991-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2014
Value 2 Hryvni
2 UAH = USD 0.05
Currency Hryvnia (1996-date)
Composition Nickel brass (German silver)
Weight 12.8 g
Diameter 31 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
68436
References KM# 732,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Zahreba# KM.2.167
Maksym Zahreba; 2023. Монети України : каталог = Ukrainian Coins : Catalog (18th edition). FOP Zahreba M.M, Kyiv.

Commemorative issue

125th Anniversary of Birth of O. Vyshnia

Series: Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine

Obverse

Above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular inscription Національний банк України (National Bank of Ukraine); in the center there is the composition representing the popular "Cherry Smiles" storybook adored by readers: the shotgun that is loaded with two cherries and the hat full of them; to the left there is the mark of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint; the coin issue year indication 2014 is to the right; below there is the coin face value ДВІ ГРИВНІ (two hryvnias).

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
2014
ДВІ ГРИВНІ

Engraver: Volodymyr Demianenko

Designer: Mykola Kochubei

Reverse

Ostap Vyshnia portrait with representations of heroes of his works around him.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
ОСТАП ВИШНЯ
1889-1956

Engraver: Volodymyr Demianenko

Designer: Mykola Kochubei

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Mintmark of National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)

Comments

The coin commemorates the 125th anniversary of the birth of Ostap Vyshnia (vyshnia is Ukrainian for cherry; real name - Pavlo Hubenko), a prominent Ukrainian writer and humorist who excelled at satirical articles and cartoons.

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