Ukraine 1996 50 hryven
This specimen was lot 75757 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "UKRAINE. 50 Hryven, 1996. PCGS MS-68. Celebrating the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev. Of exceptional quality." The coinage of this state appears to be almost exclusively NCLT's.
Wikipedia comments,
"Since the late 1980s Soviet, and later Ukrainian, politicians promised to return the building to the Orthodox Church. Due to various schisms, and factions within the Church the return was postponed as all Orthodox and the Greek-Catholic Churches lay claim to it. Although all of the Orthodox churches have been allowed to conduct services at different dates, at other times they are denied access. A severe incident was the funeral of Patriarch Volodymyr of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate in 1995 when riot police were forced to prevent the burial on the premises of the museum and a bloody clash took place. After events such as those no religious body has yet been given the rights for regular services. The complex now remains a secular museum of Ukraine's Christianity, with most of its visitors being tourists."
Recorded mintage: 2,000 proofs.
Specification: 3.11 g, 0.999 fine gold, 0.100 troy oz AGW, 16 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-1; KM-59.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
Link to:
- 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 20 hryven, 1000th Anniversary of the Tithe Church
- 1996 200 hryven, Taras Shevchenko
- 1996 200 hryven, Pecherska Lavra monastery
- 1997 20 hryven, The Savior Cathedral in Chernihiv
- 1999 50 hryven, on the birth of Christ
- 2004 kopiyka
- Coins and currency dated 1996