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2 Hryvni Kyiv Polytechnical Institute
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Thickness | 2.2 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the small coat of arms of Ukraine — the trident (tryzub) — set within an ornate circular foliate rosette composed of interlocking lobed arches in a traditional Ukrainian decorative style. The date 1998 appears within a cartouche at the top of the central ornament. The legend УКРАЇНА curves along the upper rim and the denomination 2 ГРИВНІ is inscribed along the lower rim, both in Cyrillic characters. |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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Issued to mark the centenary of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1898 under Imperial Russian patronage as one of the first technical universities in the Russian Empire. The institution opened with four departments and was partly financed through a sugar industry tax levied on Ukrainian landowners — an unusual funding mechanism that reflected both the region's agricultural economy and St. Petersburg's interest in industrializing the southwest.
Ukraine's commemorative 2 hryvni series of the late 1990s was struck in nickel brass rather than silver largely due to post-Soviet fiscal constraints, producing pieces meant for circulation but rarely encountered in worn condition.