Last modification 31-03-2004
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Jubilee Coins "The Tithe Church"

In circulation since November 26,1996. 

Technical description

Denomination,
hryvnia
Metal Weight,
g
Diameter,
mm
Quality Rim Mintage,
pieces
20 925 standard silver 31.1 38.61 "proof" incised 5000
2 cupronickel 14.35 33.0 "proof-like" incised 30000

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.
The coin initiates "Spiritual Treasures of Ukraine"series
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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.


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.


Artists: Olexander Ivakhnenko and Anatoliy Snizhko. Sculptors: Dragomyr Zobek and Stefan Novotny

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