Coin Ivan Piddubnyi 2 UAH, market price 29.03.2024
Іван Піддубний
nickel silver
126 грн.
Obverse: above is the legend УКРАЇНА/ 2021 (Ukraine/2021), below which is Ukraine`s small coat of arms; in the center is a stylized composition depicting a medal on a ribbon that is made to look like the globe; around the globe are the following legends: УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ БОГАТИР (Ukrainian strongman) (semicircular, above the globe) and ЧЕМПІОН ЧЕМПІОНІВ (champion of the champions) (semicircular, below the globe); beneath, against a smooth background is the coin’s face value 2/ГРИВНІ (2 hryvnias); on either side of the central composition are stylized fighting scenes; beneath, to the right is the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works.
This coin celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Piddubnyi, a renowned athlete who won six Greco-Roman wrestling World Cups. The “champion of the champions” or the “king of the champions” – as the European media of his day called him – won world renown for his Herculean strength, courage, agility and willpower. Over the 40 years of his career, Piddubnyi did not lose a single championship, losing only some individual fight matches. Piddubnyi, who was of Cossack stock, rose to fame as a legendary athlete, while his name became the symbol of his people’s indomitable spirit. To this day, people of great physical strength are compared to Piddubnyi.
Date | Nominal value | Metal | weight | Diameter | Edition | Цена НБУ |
05.10.2021 | 2 | nickel silver | 12.8 | 31 | 35 000 pc. | 49 грн |
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