The commemorative coin `Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko` with the face value of 2 hryvnias is dedicated to a writer, cultural and public figure, the founder of the household comedy genre in the Ukrainian literature of classics whose the most popular works are `Witch of Konotop`, `A Marriage Arrangement in Honcharivka`, `Khaliavskii the Gentleman`, `Shelmenko as Captain`s Batman`, etc. Issued into circulation on November 18, 2008.