Ukraine 1997 20 hryven KM-57
This specimen was lot 3078 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "UKRAINE: Republic, AR 20 hryven, 1997, 200th Anniversary of the Opening the Kyiv Contract Fair, Proof. The transfer of the important annual contract fair from Dubno to Kyiv, a decision made by Tsar Paul I, was made to stimulate Kyiv's economy. The fair, which became known as the Kyiv Contract Fair, began operating in Kyiv in 1797 and was closed in 1927 after being banned by the Soviet authorities. The fair had changed from a contract and wholesale market into a simple commercial fair and lost much of its importance after the 1917 October Revolution. Its closure was part of the Soviet government's anti-private ownership policies." The hryvnia was introduced in 1996 to supersede the karbovanets (1 hryvnia = 100,000 karbovantsiv). Four different twenty hryven (KM 36, 46, 54, 57) were issued in 1997.
Recorded mintage: 5,000.
Specifications: 33.63 g, 0.925 fine silver, 38.61 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-57.
- 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 100 hryven, Kyiv Psalm book
- 1998 2 hryvni, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development
- 1998 10 hryven, Nagano Winter Olympic Games - Cross Country Skiing
- 1998 10 hryven, Nagano Winter Olympic Games - Biathlon
- 1998 10 hryven, Askania-Nova Nature Reserve
- 1998 10 hryven, Nagano Winter Olympic Games - Figure Skating
- 1998 10 hryven, Prince Kyi
- 1998 10 hryven, Danylo of Halych
- 1998 10 hryven, St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral
- 1998 10 hryven, Kyiv-Pechersk Assumption Cathedral
- 1998 20 hryven, 17th Century Cossack Uprising
- 1998 100 hryven, Ivan Kotliarevsky's Eneida
- 1998 100 hryven, St. Michael's Cathedral
- 1998 100 hryven, Kyiv-Pechersk Assumption Cathedral
- 1999 10 hryven, Dmytro Vyshnevetsky
- Coins and currency dated 1997