Vasyl Lypkivskyi
Vasyl Lypkivskyi
Thursday, 27 November 2014
Rating: 2 grivnas
metall: nickel silver
circulation: 20000
diametr: 31 mm
The weight: 12,8 grams
herd: corrugated
series: Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine
category: ordinary
NBU Price: 22
The coin is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vasyl Kostiantynovych LYPKIVSKYI, an outstanding cleric and educationalist, reformer, the first Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, gifted preacher, publicist, writer, translator.
Obverse: above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular inscription Національний банк України (National Bank of Ukraine); in the centre there is the composition: within the crown of thorns symbolizing Vasyl Lypkivskyi`s tragic dest
Reverse bears Vasyl Lypkivskyi`s portrait with indications of the years of his life 1864 and 1937 on either side thereof and the semicircular inscription above МИТРОПОЛИТ ВАСИЛЬ ЛИПКІВСЬКИЙ (Metropolitan Vasyl Lypkivskyi).
artist: Mykola Kochubei
sculptor: Volodymyr Demianenko