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[[Image:SAlbum 55-0981.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 55, lot 981]]

This specimen was lot 981 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $780. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Ukraine|UKRAINE]]: Republic, AV 20 hryvni, 2000, Monuments of Ancient Cultures of Ukraine Series - Pontic Olbia, bimetallic issue with 5.74 g gold (.916) center, and 7.8 g silver (.925) ring, struck at the Ukrainian mint, Kyiv, Proof. An image of a coin from the Ancient Greek Black Sea colony Olbia-Sarmatia from the 4th century BC, now a village of Parutino in the Mykolayiv District, is at center; within the external ring there is an ornamental pattern and vase painting, which was characteristic for that period." 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 series include [[Ukraine 2000 20 hryven Fr-13|KM 126/Fr-13]], [[Ukraine 2000 20 hryven Fr-14|KM 127/Fr-14]], [[Ukraine 2001 20 hryven Fr-16|KM 174/Fr-16]] and [[Ukraine 2001 20 hryven Fr-17|KM 175/Fr-17]]. Olbia, on the north coast of the Black Sea east of modern day Odessa, was a major Greek emporium from the 7th century BC to the 4th century AD.

''Recorded mintage'': 3,000 proofs.

''Specifications'': 14.7 g, bimetallic, center: 5.74 g of 0.917 fine gold, outer ring: 7.8 g, 0.925 fine silver; 31 mm diameter, segmented reeded edge.

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-15, KM-128, Zahreba-3M.20.3.

''[[Bibliography|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. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>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:''
* [[Ukraine 1999 50 hryven|1999 50 hryven, on the birth of Christ]]
* [[Ukraine 2000 20 hryven Fr-13|2000 20 hryven, Paleolithic Culture]]
* [[Ukraine 2000 20 hryven Fr-14|2000 20 hryven, Cucuteni–Trypillia Culture]]
* [[Ukraine 2000 50 hryven Fr-12|2000 50 hryven, Conversion of the Rus to Christianity]]
* [[Ukraine 2001 10 hryven Fr-18|2001 10 hryven, 10th Anniversary of Ukrainian Independence]]
* [[Ukraine 2001 20 hryven Fr-16|2001 20 hryven, Kyivan Rus]]
* [[Ukraine 2001 20 hryven Fr-17|2001 20 hryven, Pontic Scythians]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 2000]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 55]]