Ukraine 2000 50 hryven Fr-12
This specimen was lot 978 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "UKRAINE: Republic, AV 50 hryven, 2000, KM-125, Zahreba-3M.50.3, 2000 Years of Christmas - Baptizing of Rus, 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 karbovanetsiv). Its sign is "₴". At present (June 2026), US$1 = 45.07 hryven. Other NCLT's of this denomination include KM 124/Fr-11. The Rus were descended from Swedish and other Viking marauders who entered what is now Russia in the 8th century. Kievan Rus' was the first East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. Grand Prince Vladimir the Great (r. 978-1015) accepted baptism in 988 AD and christianized his country.
Recorded mintage: 3,000 proofs.
Specifications: 17.63 g, 0.900 fine gold, 25 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: Fr-10, KM-71, Zahreba-3M.100.4.
- 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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