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In circulation since January 5, 2005.
Technical description
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Denomination,
hryvnia |
Metal |
Weight,
g |
Diameter,
mm |
Quality |
Rim |
Mintage,
pieces |
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| 2 |
German silver |
12.8 |
31.0 |
uncirculated |
incised |
20 000 |
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The coin is dedicated to
110th anniversary of Boris Liatoshynsky, a Ukrainian composer and
a conductor; who was also a very talented pedagogue and founded his own
conductor school. Among his pupils were such composers as L.Hrabovsky,
I.Karabyts, V. Silvestrov, Y. Stankovych, I.Shamo and I.Belza, a musicologist.
He had composed two operas, five symphonies, chamber music, romances, piano
miniatures, etc.
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On the coin obverse above there is a semicircular inscription ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÀ,
under it - the Small State Emblem of Ukraine. Upon the background of music
lines there is a depiction of a treble clef within an ornamental pattern
made up on motives of folk wall-paintings, above the music lines there is 2 ÃÐÈÂͲ,
the coin face value, beneath - the Mint logo of the National Bank of
Ukraine and 2005, the coin mintage year.
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On the coin reverse
there is a depiction of a portrait of Liatoshynsky and semicircular
inscriptions: ÁÎÐÈÑ ËßÒÎØÈÍÑÜÊÈÉ 1895 – 1968.
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Artists: Natalia Deregus-Lorens, Maryna Deregus (obverse),
Boris Hrudenko (reverse).
Sculptor: Volodymyr Demianenko, Sviatoslav Ivanenko.
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