The most expensive Ukrainian coins

Ten most expensive coins issued by VNA (preposition "BHA" written specifically to prevent politsracha at least in this my theme) Ukraine.

Coin "Oranta" (1997). Price: 130 000 USD.





Denomination 500
Metal Gold 999, 9
Weight gram 31.1
Diameter, mm 32.0
Circulation 1000

Orans (from the Latin. Orans - praying) - one of the main types of images of Our Lady, which is raised and her outstretched arms to the sides, palms open outward, that is, in the traditional gesture of intercessory prayer. Such a prayer posture is known from the Bible (Old Testament) times. The first image of the Virgin Oranta (excluding infants) found in the Roman catacombs.



2. Coin "Pectoral" (2003). Price: 43 000 USD.



Denomination 100
Metal Gold 900
Weight gram 31.1
Diameter, mm 32.0
Circulation 1500

Dedicated to an unsurpassed masterpiece of the Hellenic-Scythian art - a gold pectoral (IV century BC) from the mound 'Thick Grave' in the Dnepropetrovsk region (1971). Lunoobraznym three-tier jewelry Scythian king says archeologist BM Mozolevsky that it found it work ... majestic symphony of sound and deep philosophical content. Like a drop of dew, it affected not only the splendor, all the radiance of Scythian gold, but also the soul of a high naroda.Ukraina 36,000 gold pectoral



3. Coin "10 years of independence of Ukraine" (2001) Price: 31 000 UAH



Par 10
Metal Gold 900 samples
Weight, gram 3.88
Diameter mm 16.00
Circulation 3000

Ukraine for a long time part of the USSR as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and it is time for her to find finally its independence. It happened on 24 August 1991. December 1, 1991 by popular vote was approved Declaration of Independence of Ukraine.



4. Coin "Golden Gate" (2004) Price: 30 000 USD.



Denomination 100
Metal Gold 900
Weight gram 31.1
Diameter, mm 32.0
Circulation 2000

Dedicated to the unique fortifications - the main gate of Kiev, built in the times of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, and the Church of the Annunciation was completed.



5. Coin "Baptism of Russia" (2000) Price: 28 000 USD



Par 50
Metal Gold 900
Weight, gram 15.55
Diameter, mm 25.0
Circulation 3000

On the official introduction of Christianity as the state religion. At the beginning of the year 988, Christianity took Volodymyr the Great and his entourage.



6. Coin "International Year of Astronomy" (2009) Price: 27 000 USD.



Denomination 100
Metal Silver
Weight 1000 gram
Diameter, mm 100
Circulation 700



7. Coin "Aeneid" (1998) Price: 27 000 USD.



Denomination 100
Metal Gold 900
Weight, gram 15.55
Diameter mm 25.00
Circulation 2000

Dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the first edition of the Aeneid - a poem founder of modern Ukrainian literature Ivan Petrovich Kotlyarevsky (1769-1838).



8. Coin "Christmas" (1999) Price: 25 000 USD.



Par 50
Metal Gold 900
Weight, gram 15.55
Diameter, mm 32.0
Circulation 3000

According to the gospel legend in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago by the Virgin Mary and the Holy Spirit he was born the Son of God - Jesus Christ, the founder of the Christian faith.



9. Coin "Oranta" (1997) Price: 25 000 USD.



Par 50
Metal Gold 999, 9
Weight, gram 3.11
Diameter, mm 16.0
Circulation 2000



10. Coin "Kiev Psalter" (1998) Price: 24,000 USD.



Denomination 100
Metal Gold 900
Weight, gram 15.55
Diameter mm 25.00
Circulation 2000

Dedicated to the 600th anniversary of the outstanding monument of national culture (1397)

Description of coins taken from the site of the Independent Association of Numismatists
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