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, below which is the coin's issue year - 2017; there is the semicircular conventionalized legend: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine); in the center against a smooth background is an octagon fringed with a floral ornament, in the octagon is an image of the goddess Minerva - the Roman patron of the fine arts; beneath is the coin's face value: on the nickel silver coin - 2/ ГРИВНІ (2/ hryvnias). The nickel silver coin also features the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works (to the right).

Reverse

The academy's building. (100 years
National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture)

Edge

Reeded