Ukraine 2000 50 hryven Fr-12

Steve Album sale 55, lot 978

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 karbovantsiv). 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.

Sources:

• 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:

• 1999 10 hryven, Dmytro Vyshnevetsky
• 1999 10 hryven, 2000 Years of the Nativity
• 1999 10 hryven, Prince Askold
• 1999 10 hryven, 500th Anniversary of Kyiv's Magdeburg Law
• 1999 10 hryven, Petro Doroshenko
• 1999 10 hryven, Garden Dormouse
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• 1999 10 hryven, Summer Olympic Games Sydney - Triple Jump
• 1999 10 hryven, Sydney Summer Olympic Games - Parallel Bars
• 1999 10 hryven, Butterfly Orchid
• 1999 50 hryven, on the birth of Christ
• 2000 10 hryven, 55th Anniversary of Victory in the Second World War
• 2000 10 hryven, 2000 Years of Christmas – Baptizing of Rus
• 2000 10 hryven, Princess Olga
• 2000 10 hryven, Petro Sahaidachnyi
• 2000 10 hryven, Freshwater Crab
• 2000 10 hryven, Volodymyr the Great
• 2000 10 hryven, Centennial of the Lviv Opera and Ballet Theatre
• 2000 20 hryven, Paleolithic Culture
• 2000 20 hryven, Cucuteni–Trypillia Culture
• 2000 20 hryven, Pontic Olbia
• 2001 10 hryven, 10th Anniversary of Ukrainian Independence
• 2001 20 hryven, Kyivan Rus
• 2001 20 hryven, Pontic Scythians
• Coins and currency dated 2000