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5 Hryven Christmas
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Currency | Hryvnia (1996-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a nativity scene rendered within a decorative border of symbolic geometric ornamental figures. At center, the Virgin Mary is shown holding the infant Jesus Christ, surrounded by an aureole formed by the Star of Bethlehem. Domestic animals occupy the lower field, while the Three Wise Men bearing gifts are depicted in attendance, the entire composition presented in a traditional iconographic style. |
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| Mintage | 1999 - - 100,000 |
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Ukraine's early commemorative program in the late 1990s was partly a deliberate nation-building exercise — the hryvnia itself had only been introduced in 1996, replacing the transitional karbovanets after years of post-Soviet hyperinflation that had rendered Ukrainian currency nearly worthless. A Christmas commemorative struck just three years into the hryvnia's existence was as much about asserting institutional normalcy as marking the holiday.
The Zahreba reference places this within a well-documented Ukrainian specialist catalog, useful for attribution given how frequently early NBU commemoratives are misidentified in general listings.