| Issuer | Ukraine |
| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | 2 Hryvni |
| Currency | Hryvnia (1996-date) |
| Composition | Nickel brass (German silver) |
| Weight | 14.35 g |
| Dimensions | 33 mm |
| Thickness | 2.3 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Drahomír Zobek Reverse: Štefan Novotný |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#39, Zahreba#KM.2.4 |
| Obverse description | Against the background of the zodiacal star map there is the small National Emblem of Ukraine. Above the National Emblem there is the year of issue - 1996. Above, around the coin circumference there is an inscription: УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), below 2 / ГРИВНІ (2 hryvnia). On the right there is the year of issue:1997. |
| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
| Obverse lettering | УКРАЇНА 1997 2 ГРИВНІ |
| Reverse description | There is a portrait of the scientist and the so-called `Kondratiuk` route`, the scheme of spaceship flight to the Moon, its landing on the Moon`s surface and return to the Earth. Above the portrait and on the left from it, there are conventionalized star depictions, under the portrait there are inscriptions: 1897-1942, the years of the scientist`s life. Around the coin circumference there are inscriptions: ЮРІЙ КОНДРАТЮ (Yuri Kondratyuk) - above and ОЛЕКСАНДР ШАРГЕЙ (Olexander Sharhei)- underneath in brackets. |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
| Reverse lettering | ЮРІЙ КОНДРАТЮК 1897-1942 (ОЛЕКСАНДР ШАРГЕЙ) |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | 1997 - Prooflike - 20 000 |
| Catalog ID | 7748761270 |
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