Ukraine 2003 2 hryvni Fr-20
This specimen was lot 986 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "UKRAINE: Republic, AV 2 hryvni, 2003, The Smallest Golden Coin Series - Salamander, struck at the Ukrainian mint, Kyiv, Proof. The speckled salamander, in the Caudate amphibious species, is the only type of salamander species in the fauna of Ukraine. It inhabits the mountain and submountain regions of the Carpathian mountains." 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. The only salamanders we can find referenced to the Ukraine are the Danube crested newt (Triturus dobrogicus) and the Northern crested newt (Triturus cristatus), which don't particularly resemble the beast depicted here.
Recorded mintage: 10,000 proofs.
Specifications: 1.24 g, 0.999 fine gold, 13.92 mm diameter, segmented reeded edge.
Catalog reference: Fr-20, KM-178, Zahreba-3M.2.1.
- 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, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- [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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