Ukraine 2004 10 hryven KM-223

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Steve Album sale 55, lot 3136

This specimen was lot 3136 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "UKRAINE: Republic, AR 10 hryven, 2004, Airplanes of Ukraine Series – Antonov An-140, struck at the Ukrainian mint, Kyiv, with COA of issue, Proof." This denomination was used for numerous commemoratives in 2004, including KM 206, KM 207, KM 223 (shown here), KM 224, KM 225, KM 339, KM 340, KM 342 and KM 343, all struck to the same module. 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. This turboprop airliner was built 1997-2016 and 33 examples were sold. Four have crashed.

Recorded mintage: 10,000.

Specifications: 33.63 g, 0.925 fine silver, 38.61 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-223.

Sources:

  • 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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