Issued as part of Ukraine's ambitious bimetallic commemorative program launched in the late 1990s, this coin honors the Trypillian culture — a Neolithic and Chalcolithic civilization that flourished across the territory of modern Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania roughly between 5500 and 2750 BC. The Trypillians are notable for their large proto-urban settlements, some housing several thousand inhabitants, which predate comparable settlements elsewhere in Europe by centuries.
The gold-in-silver bimetallic format was technically demanding for the Lugansk Mint, which produced Ukraine's early commemorative issues before the Kyiv facility expanded its capacity.
Issued as part of Ukraine's ambitious bimetallic commemorative program launched in the late 1990s, this coin honors the Trypillian culture — a Neolithic and Chalcolithic civilization that flourished across the territory of modern Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania roughly between 5500 and 2750 BC. The Trypillians are notable for their large proto-urban settlements, some housing several thousand inhabitants, which predate comparable settlements elsewhere in Europe by centuries.
The gold-in-silver bimetallic format was technically demanding for the Lugansk Mint, which produced Ukraine's early commemorative issues before the Kyiv facility expanded its capacity.