Ukraine 1996 200 hryven Fr-6

Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale, lot 73344

This specimen was lot 73344 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description^[1] noted, "UKRAINE. 200 Hryven, 1996. NGC PROOF-67 Cameo. This glistening architectural type celebrates the Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, one of the spiritual treasures of Ukraine." The auctioneers spelled it Pechersk Lavra and the SCWC spelled it Pecherska Lavra and both appear to be correct. Wikipedia comments, "Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra or Kyivo-Pechers’ka Lavra (Ukrainian: Києво-Печерська лавра, romanized: Kyievo-Pecherska lavra; Russian: Киeво-Печерская лавра, romanized: Kiyevo-Pecherskaya lavra), also known as the Kiev Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery which gave its name to one of the city districts where it is located in Kyiv."

Recorded mintage: 20,000 proofs.

Specification: 17.50 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0.5064 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-6; KM-38.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

• 1996 2,000,000 karbovanetsiv, 10th Anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster
• 1996 10 hryven, Petro Mohyla
• 1996 50 hryven, St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev
• 1998 2 hryvni, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development
• 2004 kopiyka
• 2007 20 hryven, water
• Coins and currency dated 1996