Issued to mark the 125th anniversary of Chernivtsi University, one of the more architecturally remarkable institutions in central Europe — its main building complex, designed by Czech architect Josef Hlávka in the 1860s and 70s, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011, though that recognition came a decade after this coin was struck. The university opened in 1875 under the Austro-Hungarian administration of Bukovina, when Chernivtsi was still Czernowitz, and survived successive Romanian, Soviet, and Ukrainian jurisdictions largely intact.
Issued to mark the 125th anniversary of Chernivtsi University, one of the more architecturally remarkable institutions in central Europe — its main building complex, designed by Czech architect Josef Hlávka in the 1860s and 70s, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011, though that recognition came a decade after this coin was struck. The university opened in 1875 under the Austro-Hungarian administration of Bukovina, when Chernivtsi was still Czernowitz, and survived successive Romanian, Soviet, and Ukrainian jurisdictions largely intact.