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100 Hryven Kyiv Psalmbook
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Centered in the field, the Small State Emblem of Ukraine (trident) is displayed above an open ancient psalmbook rendered in fine relief detail. The circular legend УКРАЇНА runs along the upper periphery in stylized Cyrillic lettering. Below the central device, a two-line inscription reads 100 ГРИВЕНЬ. Flanking inscriptions in the lower field record the coin's issue year 1997, the metal fineness Au 900, and the fine gold content of 15.55 g. |
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| Reverse description | Against a stylized three-column arcade architectural background, the central composition features a mandorla containing a frontal effigy of Jesus Christ with the abbreviated Christogram IC XC flanking the nimbus. Flanking figures depict the biblical King David and the Kyivan scribe-protodeacon Spyrydoniy, with a fragment of Church Slavonic manuscript text rendered in the field. The upper circumferential legend reads КИЇВСЬКИЙ ПСАЛТИР in stylized Cyrillic, and the historical date 1397, commemorating the creation of the Kyiv Psalter, is inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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