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The jubilee coin " 75 Years to Zhukovsky Aerospace University in  Kharkiv 

In circulation since May 26, 2005.

Technical description

Denomination,
hryvnia
Metal Weight,
g
Diameter,
mm
Quality Rim Mintage,
pieces
2 German silver 12,8 31,0 special uncirculated incised 30 000

The coin is dedicated to 75th anniversary of Kharkiv National Zhukovsky Aerospace University,  which history is directly connected with the development of the aircraft industry and science. This is the only institution of higher learning, where on the basis of its own design and construction office aircrafts were designed under supervision of professor Neumann; aircrafts were manufactured commercially at aircraft works and were operated with airlines.
 
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On the coin obverse on the background of an open book there is a depiction of the university building, above which the small State Emblem of Ukraine is depicted and a semicircular inscription ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÀ; beneath: 2005, the coin mintage year (left), in the middle in two lines: 2 ÃÐÈÂͲ and the Mint logo of the National Bank of Ukraine. 

On the coin reverse there is a composition containing a depiction of a monitor with a keyboard, an aircraft and a book, above which there is an inscription: 75 years and ÍÀÖ²ÎÍÀËÜÍÈÉ ÀÅÐÎÊÎÑ̲×ÍÈÉ ÓͲÂÅÐÑÈÒÅÒ ²Ì. Ì.ª. ÆÓÊÎÂÑÜÊÎÃÎ “ÕÀ²”, around the coin circumference.


Artist and sculptor: Volodymyr Demianenko.