2 Hryvni (Lviv Polytechnic National University) Coin

2 Hryvni (Lviv Polytechnic National University)

Country: Ukraine
Denomination: 2 Hryvni 2 UAH = 0.07 USD
Year: 2010
Material: Copper-nickel-zinc
Weight: 12.8 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 31 mm
Type: Non circulating coin
Catalog list: ukraine

Description:

Obverse

The coin is dedicated to one of the oldest universities of technological development having glorious history, i.e. the Lviv Polytechnic National University that is a vigorous centre of science and education, a generator of ideas and inventions.

On the coin obverse there is depicted the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the semicircular inscription (National Bank of Ukraine) (above); the allegorical sculptures that symbolize sciences and arts and are located on the university main building; the coin face value and mintage year (2hryvni 2010) and the Mint logo of the National bank of Ukraine.

Reverse

On the coin reversethere is depicted the main university building erected in the last third of the XIX-th century from the design by the architect Julian Zachariewicz. Over the edifice there is the bow-shaped inscription LITTERIS*ET*ARTIBUS (for sciences and arts) existing on the building itself. There are also the circular inscription (National University “Lviv Polytechnic”) and the legend (165 years) below.

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