2 Hryvni Nestor Makhno

2013 year


Nickel brass (German silver)	12.8 g	31 mm

Description

Issuer	Ukraine
Issuing bank	National Bank of Ukraine (Національний банк України)
Period	Republic (1991-date)
Type	Non-circulating coin
Year	2013
Value	2 Hryvni 2 UAH = USD 0.049
Currency	Hryvnia (1996-date)
Composition	Nickel brass (German silver)
Weight	12.8 g
Diameter	31 mm
Thickness	2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated	2024-10-08

References

Numista	N#54426
Rarity index	55%

Reverse

Bears a portrait of Nestor Makhno (to the left) and wheatears with the inscriptions between them ЗЕМЛЯ / ВОЛЯ / НАРОДНА / ВЛАДА (land / liberty / people's / power) (to the right); in between there is the vertical inscription НЕСТОР МАХНО (Nestor Makhno) with indication of the years of his life 1888/1934 to the left thereof.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
НЕСТОР МАХНО
1888 - 1934
ЗЕМЛЯ / ВОЛЯ / НАРОДНА / ВЛАДА

Engravers: Volodymyr Demianenko, Anatolii Demianenko

Designer: Nataliia Fandikova

Edge

Reeded

Comment

The commemorative coin is dedicated to Nestor Ivanovych MAKHNO, the leader of peasant insurrectional movement in the south of Ukraine, personifying a type of the popular hero engendered by the throes of revolution. His talent for organization and military abilities do not admit of doubt, the tactics of insurrectional guerrilla warfare elaborated by him have become a subject of the science of warfare research.

Interesting fact

One interesting fact about this coin is that it features an image of Nestor Makhno, a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary who played a key role in the Russian Civil War. Makhno's image on the coin is a nod to his significance in Ukrainian history and his advocacy for decentralized, community-based governance.

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2013	30000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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