Ukraine 1999 10 hryven KM-77

Steve Album sale 55, lot 3088

This specimen was lot 3088 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "UKRAINE: Republic, AR 10 hryven, 1999, Heroes of Cossack Age Series - Dmytro Vyshnevetsky, struck at the Ukrainian mint, Kyiv, with COA of issue, Proof. The commemorative coin is dedicated to Dmytro Vyshnevetsky, the orthodox Prince and Cossack ataman, who in 1556 built a fortress on the Dnipro River island of Mala Khortytsia and founded the Zaporizhian Sich." This denomination was used for numerous commemoratives in 1999, including KM 77 (shown here), KM 85, KM 86, KM 87, KM 88, KM 89, KM 90, KM 116, KM 117 and KM 118, all struck to the same module. 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.

Recorded mintage: 10,000, from the Kyiv mint.

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

Catalog reference: KM-77.

Sources:

• 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.

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