Description: Nominal: 2 uahCirculation start date: 11.07.2017Material: german silverThis coin commemorates the romanticist poet Mykhailo Petrenko (1817 - 1862), who created most of his poems in the first half of the 19th century. Although many of his works are now lost, his surviving poem `I`m looking at High Skies` is well-known. Verses from his other works have come down to us in folk songs. These include `Waves are rising on the Oskol River` and `I Would Take a Bandura.`Obverse: in the Ukrainian steppe there are a kurgan and a baba (kurgan stela), on whose shoulder a falcon sits; above is the following semicircular composition: the coin face value 2 ГРИВНІ (2 hryvnias), Ukraine`s small coat of arms (below which is the coin issue year 2017), the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), and the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works.Reverse: against a smooth background are a flying falcon and the following legends: I`m looking at high skies/and it makes me wonder/Why aren`t I a falcon?/Why aren`t I a-flying/God why have you left me/with no wings to fly?/I`d take off the ground/and fly high above and МИХАЙЛО/ ПЕТРЕНКО (Mykhailo/Petrenko)/ 1817 ? 1862 (below).Painter: Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii KharukSculptor: Volodymyr Atamanchuk, Anatolii DemianenkoCoins in circulation (planned/actual): 35000/35000Mass, g: 12.8Diameter, mm.: 31Quality: special uncirculatedCoin edges: corrugated
Price: 30 USD
Location: Kyiv
End Time: 2025-01-10T16:02:45.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Denomination: 2 Hryvni
Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
Composition: Nickel
Year: 2017
Country/Region of Manufacture: Ukraine
Certification: Uncertified
