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10 Hryven Baptizing of Rus
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Weight | 33.63 g |
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| Obverse description | At center, the small National Emblem of Ukraine (trident) is flanked by two standing angel figures in relief. The upper arc bears the legend УКРАЇНА, while the lower field displays the denomination 10 ГРИВЕНЬ and the date 2000 arranged across three lines. The fineness and weight designations Ag 925 and 31.1 appear in the field, with the mintmark of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint also present. |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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Issued to mark the millennial anniversary of the Christianization of Kievan Rus under Prince Volodymyr the Great in 988 AD, this coin appeared at a moment when newly independent Ukraine was actively constructing a national historical narrative rooted in medieval Rus identity — a direct counter to Moscow's parallel claim to that same inheritance. The Orthodox baptism of the Rus remains one of the most contested origin stories in Eastern European historiography.