Ukraine 2 Hryvni, 2005

2 Hryvni from Ukraine. Issued in 2005. Struck in Nickel brass (German silver). Measures 31 mm and weighs 12.8 g.

Obverse

A steam locomotive is depicted (as a symbol of the progress of the end of 19th c.) against the background of conventionalized waste banks' contours, blast-furnace and open-hearth shop; there are also depicted: the small National Emblem of Ukraine (left), the circular inscription: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine) (above), 2005, the coin issue year (beneath), 2 ГРИВНІ (2/ hryvnia) and the NBU Mint logotype

Reverse

A portrait of Oleksii Alchevskyi is depicted, under it there are the semicircular inscriptions: 1835 - ОЛЕКСІЙ АЛЧЕВСЬКИЙ (Oleksii Alchevskyi) - 1901.

Edge

Reeded