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 Ukraine's small coat of arms, with the issue year - 2017 beneath it; to the left is the semicircular legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), and to the right is the coin face value - 2 ГРИВНІ (2 hryvnias), below which is the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works; against a smooth background is a conventionalized composition depicting the hands of a master modeling a sculpture.

Reverse

There is a portrait of Alexander Archipenko, to the right of which are the years of his birth and death - 1887 o 1964 (vertically below); there are also a conventionalized sculpture by Archipenko and the semicircular legends ОЛЕКСАНДР (Alexander) (below) АРХИПЕНКО (Archipenko) (to the right).

Edge

Reeded