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In circulation since November 26,1996.
Technical description
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Denomination, hryvnia |
Metal |
Weight, g |
Diameter, mm |
Quality |
Rim |
Mintage, pieces |
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| 20 |
925 standard silver |
31.1 |
38.61 |
"proof" |
incised |
5000 |
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| 2 |
cupronickel |
14.35 |
33.0 |
"proof-like" |
incised |
30000 |
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Jubilee coins of 2 and 20 Hryvnias denominations are dedicated to
1000th anniversary of the Tithe Church foundation in Kiyv, the first
stone temple in Kiyv Rus.
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On the coin obverse
in the middle of the beads circumference decoration, framed with
conventionalized vegetal ornament, there is a depiction of the God Mother
Odyhitriya with a baby - fragment of a bas-relief over the church portal,
preserved until now. Above the God Mother depiction there is the State Emblem of
Ukraine. Around the coin circumference there is an inscription ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÀ,
underneath there are inscriptions 1996, the year of issue and in two lines - 20
ÃÐÈÂÅÍÜ (silver coin)
and 2 ÃÐÈÂͲ
(cupronickel coin) - coin face-value. On the silver coin, left and right from
figure 20 there are designations of Àg 925 and 31,11, coin's pure weight. The
whole composition is framed with the beads circumference decoration.
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On the coin reverse
in the center there are the contours of the Tithe Church reconstructed after
professor J.S.Aseyev to underline, that the structure does not exist in reality.
These contours are presented with mirror lines on a mat background; they give an
impression of emerging from the really existed foundation. On the upper mat coin
surface around the coin circumference there are inscriptions ÊȯÂ, ÄÅÑßÒÈÍÍÀ
ÖÅÐÊÂÀ, 996 ð., separated from one another with a conventionalized birds
depiction. Underneath on the mirror background there is a ribbon with an
inscription ÄÓÕÎÂͲ ÑÊÀÐÁÈ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ.
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Artists: Olexander Ivakhnenko and Anatoliy Snizhko. Sculptors: Dragomyr Zobek
and Stefan Novotny

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