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50 Hryven Oranta
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Thickness | 1.1 mm |
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| Obverse description | The central device depicts the Saint Sophia Cathedral of Kyiv, a masterwork of 11th-century Kievan Rus ecclesiastical architecture, rendered in fine detail within a beaded border. Below the cathedral image, inscriptions denote the century of its foundation (XI ст.) along with the face value and year of issue. The peripheral legend УКРАЇНА arcs along the upper circumference of the coin in Cyrillic characters. The overall composition presents the cathedral in an elevation view, emphasizing its multiple domes and ornate facade. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Ukraine's first gold coinage program launched in 1995–96, just years after independence, with the National Bank commissioning a series of small-denomination bullion and commemorative pieces to establish the country's presence in the numismatic market. The Oranta issue was among the earliest, drawing on one of the most enduring images in Ukrainian Orthodox iconography — though describing that here would be redundant.
Mintage for this type was extremely limited, keeping it scarce on the secondary market. The Fresneau reference Fr#4 places it at the very beginning of independent Ukraine's gold coinage sequence.