Description:

This coin commemorates the Ushinsky South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University, one of the oldest educational institutions in Ukraine. The first pedagogical university in southern Ukraine, it was founded on 2 May 1817 in Odesa as a part of the Richelieu Lyceum. According to the statute of the Richelieu Lyceum, the Main Pedagogical Institute was established with the purpose of `training intelligent and talented teachers capable of passing their knowledge on to other people.`

Obverse: above is Ukraine`s small coat of arms and the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), the coin issue year - 2017, the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works and the coin face value 2/ГРИВНІ (2/hryvnias); in the center, against a smooth background, is a fragment of the university`s logo, below which are the following legends: ПІВДЕННОУКРАЇНСЬКИЙ/НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ/ПЕДАГОГІЧНИЙ УНІВЕРСИТЕТ/ ІМЕНІ К. Д. УШИНСЬКОГО/200 РОКІВ (Ushinsky/South Ukrainian/National/Pedagogical University/200 years).

Reverse: there is an image of the modern university building and the following legends: GLORIA ET HONOR TIBI MAGISTER! (semicircular above), ODESA (below).

Painter: Volodymyr Atamanchuk

Sculptor: Sviatoslav Ivanenko, Volodymyr Atamanchuk

Coins in circulation (planned/actual): 30000/30000

Mass, g: 12.8

Diameter, mm.: 31

Quality: special uncirculated

Coin edges: corrugated