Yuri Kondratyuk

The coin is dedicated to 100th anniversary of Yuri Kondratyuk (Olexander Gnatovich Shargey), the outstanding Ukrainian scientist in the field of space exploration and wind energy, one of the pioneers of rocketry and theory of space flights. In circulation since June 17, 1997.

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Obverse: 
On the coin obverse against a background of the ancient map of star sky  there is the Small State Emblem of Ukraine. Above the State Emblem there is the year of issue - 1996. Above, around the coin circumference.
Reverse: 
On the coin reverse there are a portrait of the scientist and  the so-called "Kondratyuk's route", the scheme of spaceship flight to the Moon, its landing on the Moon's surface and return to the Earth. Over the Kondratyuk's portrait and at the left from it,  there are conventionalized star depictions, under the portrait there are inscriptions: 1897-1942, year of the scientist's birth and  death at the front by Moscow. Around the coin circumference there are inscriptions: ЮРІЙ КОНДРАТЮК - above and ОЛЕКСАНДР ШАРГЕЙ - underneath in brackets.
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Catalog ID: 
UA63CM1
Krause ID: 
KM# 39
Value: 
€70
Mintage: 
20000
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Weight: 
14.35g
Diameter: 
33mm
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