Above is Ukraine’s small coat of arms and the semicircular legend НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE); on the left is the coin’s face value 2/ ГРИВНІ (2/HRYVNIAS), below which are the following legends: ФІЛОЛОГІЯ/ ЛІТЕРАТУРА/ ІСТОРІЯ (PHILOLOGY/ LITERATURE/ HISTORY) (the main areas of activity of the scientist); in the center, is a stylized composition that symbolizes the professional activities of the academic Volodymyr Perets: books and a quill pen (against the background of an open book); there are also the coin issue year 2020 and the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works (beneath, to the left).
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
2 ГРИВНІ
2020
Reverse description
There is a portrait of Volodymyr Perets, to the left of which, against a smooth background, is a broken relief composition symbolizing the unfinished work of the scientist, who was imprisoned on political grounds and died in exile.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
ВОЛОДИМИР ПЕРЕТЦ
1870 - 1935
Edge
Reeded
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)