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Ostap Veresai

The coin is dedicated to 200th anniversary of the Ukrainian kobza-player Ostap M.Veresai (Ostap Sokyrynskyi, Labsa, Radchyshin (1803 - 1890). Possessing some powerful artistic means of influence on his audience, the kobza-player tried to bring to people only lofty ethic norms, to favour them with positive emotions and to find those words which were awaited from him. In 1860 Taras Shevchenko presented his 'Kobsar" (a book of his poems) to him. Veresai's creative work attracted attention of Mykola Lysenko, Ivan Franko, F.Kolessy, M.Hrynchenko and others, his concerts were held in Kyiv and St.Petersburg.
In circulation since September 23, 2003.

Ukraine 2003 Ostap Veresai
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On the coin obverse to the right there is a depiction of a bandura on the background of a horizontal ornamental strip, above which there depicted the small State Emblem of Ukraine, an inscription УКРАЇНА and the Mint logo of the National Bank of Ukraine; beyond the strip there is a three-line inscription: 2 ГРИВНІ, 2003.
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On the coin reverse a blind kobza-player is depicted holding a music instrument in his hands; to the left in two lines there are his years of life 1803-1890 and a semicircular inscription ОСТАП ВЕРЕСАЙ.
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UA226CM1
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KM# 181
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€9
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30000
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12.8g
Diameter: 
31.1mm
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