ISSUED IN UKRAINE Coins
Ukrainian Kopiika: From 1992 to Modern Hryvnia Coins
Illustrated Specimen Details: Ukraine 50 Kopiiok Example Specimen: 50 kopiiok, 1992 — Ukraine Design & Inscriptions: The obverse prominently features the small state coat of arms of Ukraine — the Trident (Tryzub) — graceful…
Sadagura Coins: Russian and Ottoman Currency Combined
Illustrated Specimen Details: Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia Example Specimen: 2 para and 3 kopecks, 1773 — Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia Design & Inscriptions: Sadagura coins are a fascinating type of …
Olbia Dolphin Coins: Ancient Bronze Proto-Money
Illustrated Specimen Details: Olbia Cast AE Dolphin Example Specimen: Olbia Cast AE Dolphin, 500-400 BC (Greek city-state Olbia) Iconography & Origin: This remarkable proto-coin is cast in bronze in the shape of a stylized …
Yarmaq: The Silver Coin Standard of the Golden Horde
Illustrated Specimen Details: Golden Horde Yarmaq Example Specimen: Silver Yarmaq, 1308 (AH 707) — Khan Tokhta, Qrim Mint Iconography & Origin: This silver yarmaq was minted in the year AH 707 (corresponding to 1308 in the …
Akçe: Silver Coin of the Ottoman Empire and Crimea
Illustrated Specimen Details: Akçe (Crimean Khanate) Example Specimen: Akçe, 1481 — Crimean Khanate (Mengli I Giray) Design & Historical Symbolism: This silver akçe was struck in 1481 (AH 886) during the reign of Mengli I G…
Chalkon Coin: Ancient Copper Currency of Greece
Illustrated Specimen Details: Copper Chalkon (Ancient Olbia) Example Specimen: Chalkon (χαλκον), 380 — 360 BC — City-state Olbia (Northern Black Sea Coast) Design & Symbols: The obverse of this ancient coin depicts the head…
Asper Coin: History, Genoese Caffa, and Ottoman Legacy
Illustrated Specimen Details: Silver Asper (Genoese Colony of Caffa) Example Specimen: Silver Asper, ND — No Date (Issued until 1475) Design & Symbols: The obverse of this medieval silver piece bears the abbreviated Latin l…
Bullion coins: ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, Ukraine (1 hryvnia)
Illustrated Specimen Details: 1 Hryvnia "Archangel Michael" Example Specimen: 1 hryvnia (bullion coin "Archangel Michael"), 2022 Authority: Issued by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) . This non-circulating…
Hryvnia: History of the Ukrainian Coin from Kyivan Rus'
Illustrated Specimen Details: 5 Hryvnias (2021) Example Specimen: 30 Years of Independence of Ukraine (2021) The coin shown above is a commemorative 5 hryvnias piece issued by the National Bank of Ukraine in 2021 to celebrate t…
Dichalkon: Ancient Greek Bronze Coin of Olbia
Illustrated Specimen Details: Dichalkon Example Specimen: City-state Olbia, 360-350 BC The coin shown above is a bronze dichalkon issued by the ancient Greek city-state of Olbia (located near the modern village of Parutyne, Uk…
Asprocastron coin: 15th c. Genoese-Moldavian Coinage
Illustrated Specimen Details: Asprocastron Example Specimen: 15th century — City of Moncastro (Principality of Moldavia) The coin shown above is a 15th-century silver specimen associated with the Genoese fortress of Moncastro (m…
Borysthenes: coin of ancient Greek city-state Olbia
BORYSTHENES: COIN OF OLBIA (MODERN UKRAINE) Borysthenes, 3nd century BC: Greek city-state Olbia Pontic Olbia or Olbia (Ancient Greek "Ὀλβία Ποντική"; Ukrainian "Ольвія") — an ancient Greek city-state, founded by natives of Milet…
Beshlik: coin of Crimean Khanate; 5 akçe
BESHLIK: COIN OF CRIMEAN KHANATE Beshlik, 1692-1699: Crimean Khanate Crimean Khanate — Crimean Tatar state existing from 1441-1783, the longest-lived of the Turkic khanates that succeeded the empire of the Golden Horde. At the end of the 15th cen…
Tetrassarion: coin of Olbia (Roman province Lower Moesia)
TETRASSARION: COIN OF OLBIA (MODERN UKRAINE) Tetrassarion, 1st century: Olbia (dependence on the Roman Empire) Ancient coin of the Greek colony of Olbia (modern Mykolaiv region, southern Ukraine) during the time when those territories were part of …
Stater: coin of Bosporan Kingdom (Panticapaeum)
STATER: COIN OF BOSPORUS Stater, 322: Bosporan Kingdom Bosporan Kingdom (Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus) — an ancient Greco-Scythian state located in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula on the shores of the present-day Strait of Kerch. The 1s…
Error coins: mint-made errors (phenomenon in numismatic)
ERROR COINS: MINT-MADE ERRORS Offset Die (Mint-made Error) on Ukrainian coin — 1 hryvnia, 2003: Ukraine The photo shows a standard Ukrainian circulating coin (1 hryvnia, 2003) with a fairly obvious Mint-made error — the obverse and reverse images a…
Karbovanets: coin of Ukraine (1995-1996)
KARBOVANETS: COIN OF UKRAINE 200 000 karbovanets, 1995: Ukraine Non-circulating commemorative coin of Ukraine (the first jubilee coin of Ukraine). — Theme of the coin: 50th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. 200000 КАРБОВ…
Assarion: coin of Bosporan Kingdom (Panticapaeum)
ASSARION: COIN OF BOSPORUS Assarion, 39-45 AD: Bosporan Kingdom The Bosporan Kingdom (Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus) — an ancient Greco-Scythian state located in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula on the shores of the present-day Strait of …
Kopeck | Akçe: coin of Crimean Khanate (1780-1782)
KOPECK | AKÇE: COIN OF CRIMEAN KHANATE 1 kopeck | 3 akçe, 1780: Crimean Khanate (Russian Empire, protectorate) The Crimean Khanate — Crimean Tatar state existing from 1441 to 1783. Established by Hacı I Giray in 1441, it was regarded as the direct …