2 Hryvnias 2008, 100 Years of the Kyiv Zoo [Ukraine]

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Country: Ukraine
Weight: 12.80 g
Mintage: 50000 pcs
Series: Flora and Fauna
Name: 100 Years of the Kyiv Zoo
Issue Quality: Special Uncirculated
Metal: Nickel Silver
Composition: Cu-Ni-Zn
Denomination: 2 Hryvnias
Currency Unit: Hryvnia
Engraver: Atamanchuk Volodymyr, Demianenko Volodymyr
Designer: obverse: Taran Volodymyr, Kharuk Oleksandr, Kharuk Serhii, reverse: Demianenko Volodymyr
Reference: KM # 478
Diameter: 31 mm

Reverse
The reverse features a stylized inscription ZOO, inside which a giraffe is depicted along with the inscriptions 100 / YEARS; below is KYYIVSKOMU ZOOPARKU (TO THE KYIV ZOO).
Obverse
Depicts a composition - a circle divided by a compass rose into four parts, each symbolizing the classes of mammals, birds, fish, and amphibians represented in the zoo; at the top is the small State Emblem of Ukraine and the inscriptions NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE (on the left, in a semicircle); below are 2 / HRYVNIAS 2008 and the logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine.