Ukraine 2006 2 hryvni Fr-25
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This specimen was lot 1000 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "UKRAINE: Republic, AV 2 hryvni, 2006, The Smallest Golden Coin Series - Hedgehog, struck at the Ukrainian mint, Kyiv, Proof." 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 beast shown here is the northern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus), whose range covers Poland and the Balkans east into Siberia.
Recorded mintage: 10,000 proofs.
Specifications: 1.24 g, 0.999 fine gold, 13.92 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: Fr-25, KM-408, Zahreba-3M.2.5.
- 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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