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165 Years of the Lviv Polytechnic National University

Coin is dedicated to one of the oldest universities of technological development having glorious history, i.e. the Lviv Polytechnic National University that is a vigorous centre of science and education, a generator of ideas and inventions. Issued into circulation on May 28, 2010.
Ukraine 2010 165 Years of the Lviv Polytechnic National University Nickel silver
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On the coins obverse there are depicted: the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine) (above); the allegorical sculptures that symbolize sciences and arts and are located on the university main building; the coin face value and mintage year: 2/ГРИВНI/2010 (2 / hryvnias / 2010) and the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint.
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On the coins reverse  there is depicted the main university building erected in the last third of the XIX-th century from the design by the architect Julian Zachariewicz. Over the edifice there is the bow-shaped inscription LITTERIS*ET*ARTIBUS (for sciences and arts) existing on the building itself. There are also the circular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ УНІВЕРСИТЕТ «ЛЬВІВСЬКА ПОЛІТЕХНІКА» (National University “Lviv Polytechnic”) and the legend 165/РОКІВ (165/years) below.
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UA502CM1
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€3.5
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45000
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12.8g
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31mm
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