Ukraine 1997 100 hryven
This specimen was lot 973 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $2,400. The catalog description[1] noted, "UKRAINE: Republic, AV 100 hryven, 1997, Spiritual Treasures of Ukraine Series - Kyiv Psalmbook of 1397, struck at the Ukrainian mint, Kyiv, PCGS graded PF69 Deep Cameo." The hryvnia was introduced in 1996 to supersede the Karbovanets (1 hryvnia = 100,000 karbovantsiv). Its sign is "₴". At present (June 2026), US$1 = 45.07 hryven. Wikipedia comments, "The Kiev Psalter of 1397, or Spiridon Psalter, is one of the most famous East Slavic illuminated manuscripts, containing over three hundred miniatures. It was written in 1397 by the scribe, Archdeacon Spiridon in Kiev, 'at the command of Bishop Mikhail'".
Recorded mintage: 2,000 proofs.
Specifications: 17.28 g, 0.900 fine gold, 25 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: Fr-7, KM-63, Zahreba-3M.100.1.
- 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]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:
- 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 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
- 1998 100 hryven, Ivan Kotliarevsky's Eneida
- 1998 100 hryven, St. Michael's Cathedral
- 1998 100 hryven, Kyiv-Pechersk Assumption Cathedral
- Coins and currency dated 1997