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| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2001-2003 |
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| Weight | 6.8 g |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 ГРИВНЯ (Translation: 1 Hryvnia) |
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| Mint | National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date) |
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| Additional information |
Ukraine's early hryvnia coinage was caught in a prolonged identity crisis — the currency itself had only been reintroduced in 1996 after years of the karbovanets serving as an interim unit following Soviet collapse. The 1 hryvnia coin underwent quiet compositional and production changes in these years as the Luhansk and Kyiv mints negotiated their respective roles in supplying a cash-starved economy still rebuilding basic banking infrastructure.
The mintmark distinction tracked here is the difference between output from the Luhansk Mint (ЛМД) and the Kyiv mint facility — a detail the KM#8b designation captures but collectors frequently overlook when attributing circulated examples.