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Vasyl Stus

The coin is dedicated to Vasyl Stus (1938 – 1985), a public figure, translator, literary critic and poet of a tragic fate, whose works are translated into many languages of the world. A tireless fighter for human rights Vasyl Stus was a member ( in 1979 – 1980 - a chairman) of the Ukrainian Helsinki group for human rights observation. In circulation since January 8, 2008.
Ukraine 2008 Vasyl Stus
Obverse: 
On the coin obverse against the glass background there is a semicircular inscription:  НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ ((National Bank of Ukraine), under which there is the small National Emblem of Ukraine, a conventionalized composition symbolizing the way to the independence, below there are the inscriptions: 2008 / 2 ГРИВНІ (2 Hryvnia/2008) and the Mint logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine.
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On the coin reverse there is depicted a portrait of Vasyl Stus against the background of Alla Horska's  conventionalized mosaics "Woman-Bird", to the right of which there is the semicircular inscription: ВАСИЛЬ СТУС (Vasyl Stus).
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Catalog ID: 
UA401CM1
Krause ID: 
KM# 475
Value: 
€4
Mintage: 
35000
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Weight: 
12.8g
Diameter: 
31mm
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Product name: Ukraine 2008 Vasyl Stus
Price: EUR4.04