| Issuer | Ukraine |
| Year | 2005 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | 2 Hryvni |
| Currency | Hryvnia (1996-date) |
| Composition | Nickel brass (German silver) |
| Weight | 12.8 g |
| Dimensions | 31 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Roman Chaikovskyi, Volodymyr Demianenko |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#376, Zahreba#KM.2.89 |
| Obverse description | On the right there is depicted a cell under a microscope - a conventionalized phagocytosis process; on the left there is 2005, the coin issue year and the small National Emblem of Ukraine. Around the coin circumference there are the inscriptions: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine) (on the left), the NBU Mint logotype and ДВІ ГРИВНІ (2/ hryvnia) (beneath). |
| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
| Obverse lettering | НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ ДВІ ГРИВНІ 2005 |
| Reverse description | There is a portrait of Illia Mechnikov (displaced to the right) and 1845/1916, his years of life; left there is a semicircular inscription: ІЛЛЯ МЕЧНИКОВ (Illia Mechnikov) |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
| Reverse lettering | ІЛЛЯ МЕЧНИКОВ 1845-1916 |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date) |
| Mintage | 2005 - Special Uncirculated - 20 000 |
| Catalog ID | 2703699900 |
| Comments |
