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100 Hryven Golden Gates
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2004 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | УКРАЇНА 100 ГРИВЕНЬ 2004 |
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| Mintage | 2004 - Proof - 2,000 |
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The Golden Gate of Kyiv was the main ceremonial entrance to the medieval city, constructed under Yaroslav the Wise in 1037 to rival Constantinople's own Golden Gate and project the prestige of Kievan Rus at its territorial peak. The structure collapsed over centuries and survived only as a buried ruin until Soviet-era excavations in the 1970s and 1980s led to a controversial reconstruction completed in 1982 — controversial because the rebuilt pavilion bears little verified resemblance to the original.
Ukraine's commemorative gold program from this period consistently used .900 fineness rather than the .9999 fine standard adopted by many national mints, a deliberate alignment with historical coin specifications rather than modern bullion convention.