Ukraine 2 Hryvni, 1998

2 Hryvni from Ukraine. Issued in 1998. Struck in Nickel brass (German silver). Measures 31 mm and weighs 12.8 g.

Obverse

There is the Small State Emblem of Ukraine. At the left and the right from the State Emblem, there is a depiction of a worker with a hammer near forge iron and a peasant woman with a sickle and sheaf against a background of tree crown; they hold a baby - symbol of the young state. This three-figured composition is an adapted version of Heorhyi Narbut's graphic works. Above, there is a two-line inscription: УКРАЇНА 1998; underneath, there is a two-line inscription 2 ГРИВНІ. (Ukraine 1998
2 Hryvna)

Reverse

At the center, there is a depiction of the Pedagogical museum - the headquarters of the Central Rada in 1917-1918. Before the building at its both sides there are figures of two gunner-guards with rifles. Under the depiction, there is a four-line legend: 80 РОКІВ З ДНЯ ПРОГОЛОШЕННЯ НЕЗАЛЕЖНОСТІ 1918. Above, around the circumference there is an inscription: УКРАЇНСЬКА НАРОДНА РЕСПУБЛІКА. All inscriptions are made with a print, developed by H.Narbut, the artist of first Ukrainian banknotes of 1917-1920. (80 years of independence declaring in 1918
Ukrainian People's Republic)

Edge

Reeded