Ukraine 1996 2000000 karbovanetsiv KM-22
This specimen was lot 3354 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "UKRAINE: Republic, 2,000,000 karbovanets, 1996, 10th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster, mintage of only 10,000 pieces, Choice Proof, S." Wikipedia comments, "The Karbovanets (Ukrainian: карбованець, romanized: karbovanets', plural: карбованці, karbovantsi for 2–4, or карбованців, karbovantsiv for 5 or more), also colloquially known as kupon (купон, plural: купони, kupony) or coupon from the banknote printing, is a former unit of currency in Ukraine in three separate periods of the 20th century. It is also a predecessor currency of today's Ukrainian hryvnia." This is an example of the third karbovanets, used 1992-96. The hryvnia was introduced in 1996 to supersede the Karbovanets (1 hryvnia = 100,000 karbovanetsiv).
Recorded mintage: 10,000 at Warsaw.
Specifications: 33.63 g, 0.925 fine silver, 38.61 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-22.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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