| Denomination | Metal | Weight, g | Diameter, mm | Quality class of coinage | Edge | Mintage, pcs | | 2 | nickel silver | 12.8 | 31 | special uncirculated | corrugated | 25000 | | Series: Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine | | The coin commemorates Ivan Mykolaichuk, an actor, director, and playwright whose name is associated with an artistic style dubbed Ukrainian poetic cinema art. I. Mykolaychuk had a talent for artistic reincarnation. In his films and roles, he managed to embody the originality and national identity of Ukrainian culture and Ukrainian character. The actor received the general recognition and love of the actor for performing the roles of Taras Shevchenko in the film `Dream ” and Ivan Paliichuk in the film ‘The Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors’ by Sergei Paradzhanov, and Mykolaychuk’s own film as a director of `Babylon XX` became a real masterpiece of Ukrainian cinema. |  | Obverse: above is the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), to the right of which is the small coat of arms of Ukraine; there is the following composition: at the bottom there are far-off mountains, in the foreground, against a smooth background, is a symbolic gate, under which is a slender figure of Ivan Mykolaichuk holding a lamb in his hands; to the left is the coin face value 2/ГРИВНІ (2/hryvnias), to the right are the coin issue year 2016 and the logotype of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works (beneath to the right). |  | Reverse: against a smooth background there is a portrait of Ivan Mykolaichuk surrounded by his characters, to the left of which are the semicircular legends ІВАН МИКОЛАЙЧУК, 1941 – 1987 (Ivan Mykolaichuk, 1941 – 1987). | | | Designer: Mykola Kochubei | | Engraver: Anatolii Demianenko | |
