Ukraine 2000 20 hryven Fr-13
This specimen was lot 979 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "UKRAINE: Republic, AV 20 hryvni, 2000, Monuments of Ancient Cultures of Ukraine Series - Paleolithic (Stone) Age, bimetallic issue with 5.74 g gold (.916) center, and 7.8 g silver (.925) ring, struck at the Ukrainian mint, Kyiv, Proof. A carved Mizyn bracelet made of mammoth tusk is at center; petroglyphic drawings of primitives and the commemorative inscription is on the ring." 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. Other NCLT's of this series include KM 127/Fr-14, KM 128/Fr-15, KM 174/Fr-16 and KM 175/Fr-17. The Ukraine, like most of Europe and Asia, was well populated in Paleolithic times.
Recorded mintage: 3,000 proofs.
Specifications: 14.7 g, bimetallic, center: 5.74 g of 0.917 fine gold, outer ring: 7.8 g, 0.925 fine silver; 31 mm diameter, segmented reeded edge.
Catalog reference: Fr-13, KM-126, Zahreba-3M.20.1.
- 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.
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