Ukraine 1998 100 hryven Fr-8
This specimen was lot 974 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $3,600. The catalog description[1] noted, "UKRAINE: Republic, AV 100 hryven, 1998, Spiritual Treasures of Ukraine Series - Aeneid, struck at the Ukrainian mint, Kyiv, PCGS graded PF69 Deep Cameo. The 'Aeneid' (Eneida) is a burlesque poem in the Ukrainian language, written by Ivan Kotliarevsky in 1798. This mock-heroic poem is considered to be the first literary work published wholly in the Ukrainian vernacular." The hryvnia was introduced in 1996 to supersede the Karbovanets (1 hryvnia = 100,000 karbovanetsiv). Its sign is "₴". At present (June 2026), US$1 = 45.07 hryven. Other NCLT's of this denomination include KM 68, KM 71 and KM Pn18.
Recorded mintage: 2,000 proofs.
Specifications: 17.28 g, 0.900 fine gold, 25 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: Fr-8, KM-65, Zahreba-3M.100.2.
- 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 hryven, Taras Shevchenko
- 1996 200 hryven, Pecherska Lavra monastery
- 1997 100 hryven, Kyiv Psalm book
- 1998 2 hryvni, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development
- 1998 100 hryven, St. Michael's Cathedral
- 1998 100 hryven, Kyiv-Pechersk Assumption Cathedral
- 1999 50 hryven, on the birth of Christ
- Coins and currency dated 1998