250 Hryven Oranta

Ukraine's first gold coin series, issued in 1996 as the country was still consolidating monetary independence following the hryvnia's introduction just weeks earlier in September 1996 — a currency reform that replaced the transitional karbovanets at a rate of 100,000 to one. The National Bank issued these in extremely limited quantities, and Fr#2 placement confirms this as among the earliest Friedberg-listed Ukrainian gold issues.