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COMMEMORATIVE BIMETALLIC PRECIOUS 20 HRYVNIAS COINS ISSUED IN 2001.

Coins

Denomination: 20 Hryvnias
Year: 2001
Material: Bimetal
Description: Commemorative coin 'Scythia'. Coin n is dedicated to a great union of Scythian cattle-breeding and agricultural tribes (7th century B.C. – 3d century A.D.) which lived in the territory of steppe- and forest-steppe regions of the present-day Ukraine. The political union of Scythian tribes played important role in the life of south-western Europe and northern Black Sea regions.
Obverse: In the centre of internal ring and on the background of rye spikelets there is a depiction of a symbolic wheel of history with a sitting falcon, beneath of which, a snake is depicted and above to the left, there is the Small State Emblem of Ukraine; within the external ring, to the left there is a depiction of a Scythian warrior with a bowl in his hand and to the right, a queen of Scythia holding a mirror is depicted, as well as the Mint logo and inscriptions: УКРАЇНА / 2001 / 20 / ГРИВЕНЬ.
Reverse: Within the internal ring there is a depiction of a plate (7th beginning of 6th centuries B.C.) which decorated a female headgear; within the external ring there are conventionalized depictions made in the so-called Scythian animal style and an inscription: СКІФІЯ (SCYTHIA).
Bimetal. Embedding metal: gold 916, ring metal: silver 925. Weight – 14.7 g. (embedding metal – 5.74 g.; ring metal – 7.8 g.), diameter – 31.0 mm., edge – sector incised. Artist and sculptor: Roman Chaikovskiy.
Put in circulation since October 30, 2001. Mintage: 2 000. The coin was struck at the National Bank of Ukraine Mint.
FMM hasn't got this coin yet.
Country or town: Ukraine

Denomination: 20 Hryvnias
Year: 2001
Material: Bimetal
Description: Commemorative coin 'Kyivan Rus'. Coin is dedicated to one of the greatest early medieval states in Europe (9th – middle of 12th centuries), which appeared through unification of eastern-slavic tribes around Kyiv and Middle Dnipro basin. It set up favourable conditions for development of social, economic, political and cultural life of our ancestors.
Obverse: There is a depiction of the common for the whole series composition: in the centre within the internal ring and on the background of rye spikelets there is a depiction of a symbolic wheel of history and a trident and beneath – a snake is depicted and above there is the Small State Emblem of Ukraine; within the external ring, to the left there is a depiction of a Prince with a cathedral model in his hand. Near prince's feet there is a lying cheetah; to his right a princess holding a needlework is depicted, as well as the Mint logo and inscriptions: УКРАЇНА / 2001 / 20 / ГРИВЕНЬ.
Reverse: Within the internal ring, there ia an old-rus feminine decoration; within the external ring – fragments of Kyivan ritual bracelets (12th c.– 13th c.) and a conventionalised two-lined insctription: КИЇВСЬКА РУСЬ (KYIVAN RUS).
Bimetal. Embedding metal: gold 916, ring metal: silver 925. Weight – 14.7 g. (embedding metal – 5.74 g.; ring metal – 7.8 g.), diameter – 31.0 mm., edge – sector incised. Artist and sculptor: Roman Chaikovskiy.
Put in circulation since December 25, 2001. Mintage: 2 000. The coin was struck at the National Bank of Ukraine Mint.
FMM hasn't got this coin yet.
Country or town: Ukraine

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