UKRAINE 2 UAH VASYL STUS, POET, TRANSLATOR, LITERARY CRITIC IN SOUTH AFRICA

Ukraine 2 UAH Vasyl Stus, poet, translator, literary critic 2008 Coin Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Nickel Silver Box:   No Year of Issue:   2008 Weight:   12.8 CoA:   No Face Value:   2 hryvnias Dimensions:   31     Quality:   special uncirculated     Mintage:   35000   New coin with capsule The coin is dedicated to Vasyl Stus (1938 ¿ 1985), a public figure, translator, literary critic and poet of a tragic fate, whose works are translated into many languages of the world. A tireless fighter for human rights Vasyl Stus was a member (in 1979 ¿ 1980 - a chairman) of the Ukrainian Helsinki group for human rights observation On the coin obverse against the glass background there is a semicircular inscription: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ((National Bank of Ukraine), under which there is the small National Emblem of Ukraine, a conventionalized composition symbolizing the way to the independence, below there are the inscriptions: 2008 / 2 ¿¿¿¿¿¿ (2 Hryvnia/2008) and the Mint logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine. On the coin reverse there is depicted a portrait of Vasyl Stus against the background of Alla Horska conventionalized mosaics Woman-Bird, to the right of which there is the semicircular inscription: ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ (Vasyl Stus ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.