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2 Hryvni Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Weight | 12.8 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a detailed architectural rendering of the university's main building, constructed in the second half of the nineteenth century, occupying the central field. Above the edifice appears the Coat of Arms of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, surmounted by the semicircular legend ЛЬВІВСЬКИЙ НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ УНІВЕРСИТЕТ / ІМ. ІВАНА ФРАНКА (Lviv National University named after Ivan Franko). The inscription 350 РОКІВ (350 Years), commemorating the university's 350th anniversary, is positioned in the lower portion of the field. |
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| Mint | National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date) |
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Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, founded in 1661 under Polish King John II Casimir, is among the oldest universities in Eastern Europe. The 2011 issue marks the institution's 350th anniversary — a founding that predates the existence of Ukraine as a sovereign state by roughly three centuries, making the commemorative framing itself a quiet act of national retrospective.
The university was renamed for the poet and intellectual Ivan Franko in 1940, following Soviet annexation of Lviv from Poland.