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Gold 100 Hryvnias coin.
COMMEMORATIVE GOLD 100 HRYVNIAS COIN ISSUED IN 2004.
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Denomination: 100 Hrivnias
Year: 2004
Material: Gold
Description: Commemorative coin 'Golden Gates'. 'Architectural monuments of Ukraine' series. The coin is dedicated to the Golden Gates of Kyiv, the principal ceremonial entrance to the city, a unique fortification structure built during ruling period of the Prince Yaroslav the Wise. The structure was crowned with the Church of Annunciation. Golden Gates... Attracts attention the very name of the gate which originates still from ancient times. In bygone period it laid emphasis on its specific importance among others defensive structures of the city. The chronicler Nestor in entries for the year 1037 noted: 'And laid Yaroslav a great city with the Golden Gates, and also founded a Church devoted to St.Sophia, the centre of empire, as well as the Church of Annunciation on the top of the Golden Gates...'
Obverse: Overhead there is a semicircular inscription УКРАЇНА; upon the background of an old-Rus symbol of the sun there is the small State Emblem of Ukraine, under which in two lines there is the coin face value – 100 ГРИВЕНЬ, on both sides – stylized cranes (from Kyivan bracelets); beneath there is a stylized ornamental stripe, under which there is 2004, the coin mintage year, as well as designation of metal, its pure weight and the Mint logo of the NBU.
Reverse: There is a stylized miniature-like annalistic scene – riders approaching the gates, overhead to the right there is a semicircular stylized inscription: ЗОЛОТІ ВОРОТА, beneath under the stylized ornamental stripe – 1037, the year of the gates construction.
900 standard gold. Weight – 31.1 g., diameter – 32.0 mm., edge – sector incised. Artist and sculptor: Sviatoslav Ivanenko.
Put in circulation since June 29, 2004. Mintage: 2 000. The coin was struck at the National Bank of Ukraine Mint.
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Country or town: Ukraine
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