2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16
With Ukraine gaining independence in 1991, the national banknotes of this state were returned to circulation. The National Bank of Ukraine has started issuing various commemorative coins dedicated to important events for the country, as well as dedicated to outstanding Ukrainian personalities. The first coins were issued in 1992, and the commemorative coins were issued for the first time three years later.
First Ukrainian commemorative coins
The very first Ukrainian commemorative coin was a coin issued in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the USSR victory in the Great Patriotic War. Following her, coins minted with the aim of perpetuating such hero cities as Kyiv, Odessa, Sevastopol and Kerch saw the light. A year later, in 1996, commemorative coins of Ukraine were minted, dedicated to the poetess Lesya Ukrainka, Mikhail Grushevsky, the 50th anniversary of the UN, the tenth anniversary of the tragedy at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the centenary of the modern Olympic Games.
After some time, the National Bank of Ukraine started issuing a series of coins made of precious metals. For example, silver in honor of the United Nations worth two million karbovanets. A jubilee gold coin in honor of Taras Grigoryevich Shevchenko in denomination of 200 hryvnias was issued in 1997. But the coin, minted on the occasion of the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, is one of the most expensive issued during the existence of an independent Ukrainian state.
For 25 years, the National Bank has issued many wonderful commemorative and anniversary coins of Ukraine. They are dedicated to the independence of the country, the memory of the victims of the Holodomor of the thirties of the last century, and the one hundred and fifty-fifth anniversary of the Astronomical Observatory. In addition, coins dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of Ukraine were minted.
Appearance of Ukrainian commemorative coins
It should be noted that the obverse of all commemorative coins of Ukraine contains the state emblem, the year of manufacture, the denomination of the coin, as well as the engraved words "UKRAINE" or "NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE". In addition, starting from 2000, the mint emblem appears on the obverse side of commemorative coins. This logo is made as a combination of two images: a trident, which is part of the small State Emblem of Ukraine, and the Kyiv hryvnia coin, which circulated on the territory of Kievan Rus in the 11th-13th centuries.
Every year the main financi althe institution of the country is preparing the issue of new commemorative coins of Ukraine. Anyone has the opportunity to see them by visiting the official portal of the National Bank. In addition, you can also find out their cost there. During the entire existence of the independent Ukrainian state, 718 commemorative coins were produced. This data is as of spring 2017. Of these, twenty-one coins are denominated in karbovanets, and six hundred ninety-seven - in hryvnia. At the same time, 79 commemorative coins are made of ordinary metals, 284 of silver, 49 of gold and 6 are bimetallic items (minted using both silver and gold).
Cost of commemorative coins of Ukraine
How much are commemorative coins of Ukraine? The price of Ukrainian commemorative coins depends on the year of issue, circulation and metals used in the manufacture. For example, commemorative coins of Ukraine 1 hryvnia, issued on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, can be purchased today at a price of 30 rubles apiece.
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