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Description:
Obverse
In the Ukrainian steppe there are a kurgan and a baba (kurgan stela), on whose shoulder a falcon sits; above is the following semicircular composition: the coin face value 2 ГРИВНІ (2 hryvnias), Ukraine's small coat of arms (below which is the coin issue year 2017), the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), and the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works.
Reverse
Against a smooth background are a flying falcon and the following legends: I'm looking at high skies/and it makes me wonder/Why aren't I a falcon?/Why aren't I a-flying/God why have you left me/with no wings to fly?/I'd take off the ground/and fly high above and МИХАЙЛО/ ПЕТРЕНКО (Mykhailo/Petrenko)/ 1817 - 1862 (below).
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