Ukraine 1996 20 hryven
This specimen was lot 3072 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "UKRAINE: Republic, AR 20 hryven, 1996, Spiritual Treasures of Ukraine Series - 1000th Anniversary of the Tithe Church, struck at the Kremnica mint, Slovakia, Proof. This commemorative coin is dedicated to the 1000th anniversary of the founding of the Tithe Church in Kyiv, the first stone church in Kievan Rus." 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 first twenty hryven coin struck; there have many since. It was accompanied by a 2 hryvni (KM 29) struck in nickel-brass. The hryvnia was introduced in 1996 to supersede the Karbovanets (1 hryvnia = 100,000 karbovantsiv).
Recorded mintage: 5,000 at the Kremnica mint.
Specifications: 33.63 g, 0.925 fine silver, 38.61 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-35.
- 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 Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
Links:
- 1995 2,000,000 karbovantsiv, 50th Anniversary of the United Nations
- 1996 200,000 karbovantsiv, 125th Anniversary of Lesya Ukrainka
- 1996 1,000,000 karbovantsiv, Bohdan Khmelnytsky
- 1996 1,000,000 karbovantsiv, Lesya Ukrayinka
- 1996 1,000,000 karbovantsiv, Mykhaylo Hrushevsky
- 1996 1,000,000 karbovantsiv, Hrygoriy Skovoroda
- 1996 2,000,000 karbovantsiv, 10th Anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster
- 1996 2,000,000 karbovantsiv, Atlanta Summer Olympic Games
- 1996 2,000,000 karbovantsiv, Centennial of the Modern Olympics
- 1996 10 hryven, Petro Mohyla
- 1996 50 hryven, St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev
- 1996 200 hryven, Taras Shevchenko
- 1996 200 hryven, Pecherska Lavra monastery
- 1997 20 hryven, The Savior Cathedral in Chernihiv
- 1997 20 hryven, Severyn Nalyvayko
- 1997 20 hryven, Cossack Mamay
- 1997 20 hryven, 200th Anniversary of the Opening the Kyiv Contract Fair
- 1998 2 hryvni, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development
- Coins and currency dated 1996