Ukraine 2 Hryvni, 2017

2 Hryvni from Ukraine. Issued in 2017. Struck in Nickel brass (German silver). Measures 31 mm and weighs 12.8 g.

Obverse

Above is above is the semicircular legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), under which is Ukraine's small state coat of arms; in the center there is the following conventionalized composition: against the background of newspaper pages is a pile of books topped by a globe; to the right are the legends 2/ГРИВНІ/2017 (2/hryvnias/2017) and the mint mark of the NBU Printing and Minting Works.

Reverse

There is a portrait of Mykola Kostomarov, to the left of which are the writer's signature and the years of his birth and death: 1817/1885; above is the semicircular legend МИКОЛА КОСТОМАРОВ (Mykola Kostomarov).

Edge

Reeded