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2 Hryvni Lynx
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Weight | 12.8 g |
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| Obverse description | The small shield-shaped coat of arms of Ukraine (trident) is displayed at the top center of the field, flanked by an ornamental wreath composed of oak branches with acorns to the right and rowan branches with berries to the left, interspersed with wildflowers, a butterfly, a snail, and a perched songbird. The country name legend УКРАЇНА appears in Cyrillic below the coat of arms, with the large numeral 2 at center and the denomination ГРИВНІ beneath it. The date 2001 is inscribed at the bottom of the field, with the mint mark of the National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works positioned directly below. |
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| Obverse lettering | УКРАЇНА 2 ГРИВНІ 2001 |
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Issued as part of Ukraine's ongoing wildlife conservation series, this coin marks an early entry in what became one of the more ambitious circulating commemorative programs in post-Soviet numismatics. The Eurasian lynx had been effectively extirpated from most of Ukraine by the mid-twentieth century due to deforestation and hunting pressure, with remnant populations confined largely to the Carpathian region.
The National Bank launched this series in 1999, using the bimetallic format to distinguish conservation issues from standard circulation coinage. Mintage on the wildlife pieces from this period was capped at 60,000.