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| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Value | 10 Hryven |
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| Reverse lettering | ХVІІІ ЗИМОВІ ОЛІМПІЙСЬКІ ІГРИ НАГАНО |
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| Mintage | 1998 - Proof - 7,500 |
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Ukraine's post-independence commemorative program launched aggressively in the mid-1990s, with the National Bank issuing a rapid succession of sports-themed silver pieces tied to international competition cycles. This biathlon issue appeared the same year Ukraine was consolidating its mint infrastructure in Luhansk — a facility that would later become politically complicated after 2014.
Mintages for this early Hryvnia-era series were kept deliberately low, aimed primarily at the nascent domestic collector market and hard-currency export sales rather than circulation.