20 Hryven 1000 years since the reign of Yaroslav the Wise

Features

Issuer Ukraine
Issuing bank National Bank of Ukraine (Національний банк України)
Period Republic (1991-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2019
Value 20 Hryven
20 UAH = USD 0.51
Currency Hryvnia (1996-date)
Composition Gold plated silver (.925)
Weight 67.24 g
Diameter 50 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
177559
References KM# 960
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

1000 years since the reign of Prince Yaroslav the Wise

Series: Princes of Ukraine

Obverse

Above, to the left, is Ukraine's small coat of arms, below which is the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); to the right is the coin’s face value 20/ГРИВЕНЬ (20/hryvnias); against the backdrop of the outlines of the domes of St. Sofia’s Cathedral is an image of a reconstruction of the 11th century cathedral, below which is a stylized roll of Ruska Pravda (the legal code of Kyiv Rus); on both sides of the roll are gilt* images of Yaroslav the Wise’s heraldic sign (to the left) and stamp (to the right); beneath, to the left, is the coin issue year 2019.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
УКРАЇНА 20
ГРИВЕНЬ
ПРАВДА
РУСЬСКАIА
2019

Engraver: Sviatoslav Ivanenko

Designer: Nataliia Fandikova

Reverse

There is a stylized fragment of a chronicle with a miniature; there are also the following legends: ЯРОСЛАВ МУДРИЙ НА ПРЕСТОЛІ (Yaroslav the Wise on the throne) (above) and 1019 (below).

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
ЯРОСЛАВ МУДРИЙ НА ПРЕСТОЛІ
1019

Engraver: Sviatoslav Ivanenko

Designer: Nataliia Fandikova

Mint

National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)

Comments

This coin celebrates the beginning of the reign of the great Kyiv prince, Volodymyr the Wise (1019–1054). Under the rule of Yaroslav the Wise, Kyiv Rus reached the peak of its power. He strengthened and extended the country’s borders, consolidated its international position, and under him Kyiv Rus culture attained the highest point of its development.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2019  2 500 Special Uncirculated

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