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2 Hryvni Borys Hmyrya
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Value | 2 Hryvni |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a large treble clef rendered in relief, entwined with a decorative bouquet of wildflowers including daisies, poppies, and wheat ears, evoking a folk-musical theme. The small Ukrainian trident state emblem (trizub) appears in the upper right field within a recessed shield. The Cyrillic legend УКРАЇНА arcs along the left rim, while the denomination numeral 2 and the word ГРИВНІ are positioned along the lower right. The date 2003 is inscribed in the lower left field. |
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| Reverse description | Left-facing portrait bust of Ukrainian operatic bass Borys Hmyrya fills the central and left portions of the field, rendered in high relief with fine detail to facial features and clothing. To the lower left, a facsimile signature reading Борис Гмиря is inscribed in cursive script. The birth and death years 1903 and 1969 appear stacked in the right field. A small decorative musical motif of stylized staff lines is depicted in the lower right corner of the field. |
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Borys Hmyrya (1903–1969) was one of the Soviet Union's most celebrated bass singers, a Ukrainian whose career at the Kyiv Opera spanned decades but was nearly destroyed by his refusal to become an informant for the MGB. He survived that pressure, though not without consequences — his international touring was curtailed and he remained under intermittent surveillance until his death. This coin was issued in the centenary year of his birth.