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Ukraine 2 hryvnia Ilya Mechnikov Nobel Prize winner scientist nickel coin 2005 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country: Ukraine Metal Purity: Nickel Silver Box: No Year of Issue: 2005 Weight: 12.8 CoA: No Face Value: 2 hryvnias Dimensions: 31 Quality: special uncirculated Mintage: 20000 New coin with capsule The coin is dedicated to 160th anniversary of Illia Mechnikov (1845 ﾖ 1916), an outstanding, world-famous scientist and the Nobel Prize winner (1908). Mechnikov is one of the founders of evolution embryology, immunology and microbiology, who had discovered the phagocytosis phenomenon, had developed the phagocytic theory of immunity (1883). And even now ideas of the scientist have contributed to development of various fields of biology and medicine. On the coin obverse on the right there is depicted a cell under a microscope - a conventionalized phagocytosis process; on the left there is 2005, the coin issue year and the small National Emblem of Ukraine. Around the coin circumference there are the inscriptions: ???????????? ???? ??????? (National Bank of Ukraine) (on the left), the NBU Mint logotype and ??? ?????? (2/ hryvnia) (beneath). On the coin reverse there is a portrait of Illia Mechnikov (displaced to the right) and 1845/1916, his years of life; left there is a semicircular inscription: ???? ????????. ____________________________________________________ Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Ukraine 2 UAH Petro Hryhorenko, Political figure, Military theorist, 2007 Coin Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Nickel Silver Box:   No Year of Issue:   2007 Weight:   12.8 CoA:   No Face Value:   2 hryvnias Dimensions:   31     Quality:   special uncirculated     Mintage:   35000   New coin with capsule The jubilee coin is dedicated to Petro Hryhorenko (1907 ¿ 1987) ¿ a public and political figure, military theorist and famous advocate of human rights. Petro Hryhorenko was one of the founders of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, he advocated return of the Crimean Tatars to their historical Motherland, the right of Ukraine and other peoples of the USSR for independence. On the coin obverse above against the glass background there is the arciform inscription: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (National Bank of Ukraine), underneath - the Small National Emblem of Ukraine, 2 ¿¿¿¿¿¿/2007 (2 Hryvnia/ 2007), below there is a symbolic composition: a sprout is breaking through a brick wall. To the left there is the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint. On the coin reverse Petro Hryhorenko is portrayed as giving a speech, underneath - 1907/1987, his years of life, to the left there is the arciform inscription: ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (Petro Hryhorenko). ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Hardcover in very good condition. Dust jacket has slight wear to edges. R46 postage in SA.  Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller was a German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor. He is best known for his statement, " First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a Socialist...... and there was no one left to speak for me. He was a national conservative and initially a supporter of Adolf Hitler, but he became one of the founders of the Confessional Church, which opposed the nazification of German Protestant churches. He vehemently opposed the Nazis' Aryan Paragraph, but made remarks about Jews that some scholars have called antisemitic. For his opposition to the Nazis' state control of the churches, Niemöller was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps from 1937 to 1945. He narrowly escaped execution and survived imprisonment. After his imprisonment, he expressed his deep regret about not having done enough to help the victims of the Nazis. He turned away from his earlier nationalistic beliefs and was one of the initiators of the Stuttgart Declaration of Guilt. From the 1950s on, he was a vocal pacifist and anti-war activist, and vice-chair of War Resisters' International from 1966 to 1972. He met with Ho Chi Minh during the Vietnam War and was a committed campaigner for nuclear disarmament.

Hardcover in very good condition. Dust jacket has slight wear to edges. R50 postage in SA.  Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller was a German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor. He is best known for his statement, " First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a Socialist...... and there was no one left to speak for me. He was a national conservative and initially a supporter of Adolf Hitler, but he became one of the founders of the Confessional Church, which opposed the nazification of German Protestant churches. He vehemently opposed the Nazis' Aryan Paragraph, but made remarks about Jews that some scholars have called antisemitic. For his opposition to the Nazis' state control of the churches, Niemöller was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps from 1937 to 1945. He narrowly escaped execution and survived imprisonment. After his imprisonment, he expressed his deep regret about not having done enough to help the victims of the Nazis. He turned away from his earlier nationalistic beliefs and was one of the initiators of the Stuttgart Declaration of Guilt. From the 1950s on, he was a vocal pacifist and anti-war activist, and vice-chair of War Resisters' International from 1966 to 1972. He met with Ho Chi Minh during the Vietnam War and was a committed campaigner for nuclear disarmament.

Ukraine 2 UAH Viacheslav Prokopovych, politician, statesman, historian 2006 Coin Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Nickel Silver Box:   No Year of Issue:   2006 Weight:   12.8 CoA:   No Face Value:   2 hryvnias Dimensions:   31     Quality:   special uncirculated     Mintage:   30000   New coin with capsule The commemorative coin is dedicated to 125th anniversary of birth of Viacheslav Prokopovych (1881-1942), a Ukrainian public figure, politician and statesman, pedagogue, historian, publicist. Viacheslav Prokopovych was one of the founders of the Ukrainian Central Rada. In January - April 1918 he was a minister of national education of the Ukrainian Peoples Republic (UPR), in 1920 he was appointed as the Chairman of the UPR Council of Ministers. As emigrant abroad, Prokopovych (one of the Symon Petliura`s comrades-in-arms) held positions of great trust in the UPR Government in exile. On the coin obverse in the centre there is the Small National Emblem of Ukraine, underneath the year of coinage - 2006. There are the following circumscriptions: above - ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (National Bank of Ukraine), below - ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ (two Hrivnias) and the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint. On the coin reverse Prokopovych is portrayed, to the left of the portrait there is a vertical inscription: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ / ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Ukraine 2 hryvnias Maria Zankovetska Actress National Theatre nickel silver 2004 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Nickel Silver Box:   No Year of Issue:   2004 Weight:   12.8 CoA:   No Face Value:   2 hryvnias Dimensions:   31     Quality:   ordinary     Mintage:   30000   New coin with capsule The coin is dedicated to 150th birth anniversary of Maria Zankovetska, an outstanding actress, public figure, one of the founders of the Ukrainian National theatre and the first People` artist of Ukraine (1923)On the coin obverse against the smooth background there is the small National Emblem of Ukraine and inscriptions: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (Ukraine) (above) and 2 ¿¿¿¿¿¿ (2 hryvnia) / 2004 (beneath); in the centre there is a depiction of a stylized flower; on the right this composition is framed with a stage curtain. On the coin obverse there is also the Mint logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine.On the coin reverse in the foreground there is a portrait of Maria Zankovetska; in the background there is a stylized floral ornamental pattern; on the left around the circumference there is an inscription: ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (Maria Zankovetska) and beneath - 1854-1934, her years of life. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Ukraine 2 UAH Oleksii Alchevskyi ALCHEVSKY industrialist & banker 2005 Rare Coin Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Nickel Silver Box:   No Year of Issue:   2015 Weight:   12.8 CoA:   No Face Value:   2 hryvnias Dimensions:   31     Quality:   special uncirculated     Mintage:   20000   New coin with capsule The coin is dedicated to the 170th birth anniversary of Oleksii Alchevskyi (1835 - 1901), a Ukrainian industrialist and a banker, founder of a number of banks and industrial enterprises, in particular, `Kharkiv trade bank`, the first in the city of Kharkiv and the second in Russia commercial credit bank, the first in Russia Land bank. He was also one of the founders of Agricultural Association. Two largest metallurgical works (now they are Public Corporation Alchevsk metallurgical complex and PC Mariupil metallurgical complex named after Illich) have been built on his initiative.On the coin 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: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (National Bank of Ukraine) (above), 2005, the coin issue year (beneath), 2 ¿¿¿¿¿¿ (2/ hryvnia) and the NB ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Ukraine 2 UAH Viacheslav Prokopovych, politician, statesman, historian 2006 Coin Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Nickel Silver Box:   No Year of Issue:   2006 Weight:   12.8 CoA:   No Face Value:   2 hryvnias Dimensions:   31     Quality:   special uncirculated     Mintage:   30000   New coin with capsule The commemorative coin is dedicated to 125th anniversary of birth of Viacheslav Prokopovych (1881-1942), a Ukrainian public figure, politician and statesman, pedagogue, historian, publicist. Viacheslav Prokopovych was one of the founders of the Ukrainian Central Rada. In January - April 1918 he was a minister of national education of the Ukrainian Peoples Republic (UPR), in 1920 he was appointed as the Chairman of the UPR Council of Ministers. As emigrant abroad, Prokopovych (one of the Symon Petliura`s comrades-in-arms) held positions of great trust in the UPR Government in exile. On the coin obverse in the centre there is the Small National Emblem of Ukraine, underneath the year of coinage - 2006. There are the following circumscriptions: above - ???????????? ???? ??????? (National Bank of Ukraine), below - ??? ?????? (two Hrivnias) and the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint. On the coin reverse Prokopovych is portrayed, to the left of the portrait there is a vertical inscription: ?¿??????? / ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Ukraine 2 UAH, Mykola Vasylenko, jurist, historian, statesman, 2006, Coin Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country: Ukraine Metal Purity: Nickel Silver Box: No Year of Issue: 2006 Weight: 12.8 CoA: No Face Value: 2 hryvnias Dimensions: 31 Quality: special uncirculated Mintage: 30000 New coin with capsule The commemorative coin is dedicated to the 140th anniversary of birth of Mykola P.Vasylenko (1866 ﾖ 1935), a jurist, historian, statesman and public figure. Mykola Vasylenko was the founder of the Ukrainian legal history, he had done a lot for revival and development of the national education, science and culture, he advocated actively Independence of Ukraine, he was an academician (1920) and one of the founders of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. On the coin obverse in the centre there is the Small National Emblem of Ukraine, thereunder the year of coinage: 2006, there are also two semi-circular inscriptions: above - ???????????? ???? ??????? (National Bank of Ukraine), below - ??? ?????? (2 Hryvnias) and the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint. On the coin reverse Mykola Vasylenko is portrayed against the background of a conventionalized ornamental pattern of the 1920-s, to the left there are his years of life: 1866 - 1935, there is also a semicircular inscription: ?????? ????????? (Mykola V ____________________________________________________ Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Ukraine 2 hryvnia Mykola Vasylenko historian law professor UNC nickel coin 2006 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country: Ukraine Metal Purity: Nickel Silver Box: No Year of Issue: 2006 Weight: 12.8 CoA: No Face Value: 2 hryvnias Dimensions: 31 Quality: special uncirculated Mintage: 30000 New coin with capsule The commemorative coin is dedicated to the 140th anniversary of birth of Mykola P.Vasylenko (1866 ﾖ 1935), a jurist, historian, statesman and public figure. Mykola Vasylenko was the founder of the Ukrainian legal history, he had done a lot for revival and development of the national education, science and culture, he advocated actively Independence of Ukraine, he was an academician (1920) and one of the founders of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. On the coin obverse in the centre there is the Small National Emblem of Ukraine, thereunder the year of coinage: 2006, there are also two semi-circular inscriptions: above - ???????????? ???? ??????? (National Bank of Ukraine), below - ??? ?????? (2 Hryvnias) and the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint. On the coin reverse Mykola Vasylenko is portrayed against the background of a conventionalized ornamental pattern of the 1920-s, to the left there are his years of life: 1866 - 1935, there is also a semicircular inscription: ?????? ????????? (Mykola V ____________________________________________________ Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Ukraine 2 hryvnia Oleksiy Alchevsky Donbas industrialist banker nickel coin 2005 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country: Ukraine Metal Purity: Nickel Silver Box: No Year of Issue: 2015 Weight: 12.8 CoA: No Face Value: 2 hryvnias Dimensions: 31 Quality: special uncirculated Mintage: 20000 New coin with capsule The coin is dedicated to the 170th birth anniversary of Oleksii Alchevskyi (1835 - 1901), a Ukrainian industrialist and a banker, founder of a number of banks and industrial enterprises, in particular, `Kharkiv trade bank`, the first in the city of Kharkiv and the second in Russia commercial credit bank, the first in Russia Land bank. He was also one of the founders of Agricultural Association. Two largest metallurgical works (now they are Public Corporation Alchevsk metallurgical complex and PC Mariupil metallurgical complex named after Illich) have been built on his initiative.On the coin 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: ???????????? ???? ??????? (National Bank of Ukraine) (above), 2005, the coin issue year (beneath), 2 ?????? (2/ hryvnia) and the NB ____________________________________________________ Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.