Ukraine 2 UAH Agatangel coin 2021 year

Description

Ukraine 2 UAH  Agatangel coin 2021 year
Denomination                  2
Metal                              nickel silver
Weight                           12.8
Diameter, mm                  32
Mintage,                          35000
Series: Outstanding personalities of Ukraine
Dedicated to the Ukrainian historian, Slavic scholar, linguist, orientalist, writer, translator, one of the founders of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences and one of the first academicians - Agatangel . Fluent in almost sixty languages, mostly Eastern, as well as knowing all the dialectal features of the Ukrainian language, he made a significant contribution to Ukrainian Oriental Studies and Ukrainian Studies.  uniqueness as a phenomenon in world culture was marked by the decision of the UNESCO General Assembly to include this prominent figure in the list of the most prominent figures of mankind.
On the obverse of the coin there are: at the top - a small State Emblem of Ukraine, to the right of which the inscriptions: UKRAINE / 2 HRYVNI / 2021; a composition that symbolizes the activity of an orientalist and a source of knowledge - a geometric decoration of open books, consisting of a multi-rayed star, in the center of which A.  words: I UNDERSTAND, / WHAT I HAVE TO BE / UKRAINOPHILIS - under the quote - facsimile A ; logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine (bottom right).
On the reverse of the coin against the background of vertical lines that bring a certain drama and symbolize the tragic fate of the scientist, a portrait of Agatangel  is depicted, under the portrait diagonally placed inscriptions: AGATANGEL (left), ; below the years of his life - 1871-1942.