50 Kopiiok with mintmark, non-magnetic

Ukraine's post-independence coinage was chronically disrupted through the late 1990s by acute metal shortages and a mint infrastructure inherited from the Soviet period that was ill-suited to sovereign production demands. The Luhansk Mint and the Kyiv-based Banknote and Mint of Ukraine both struck coins in this period, and the addition of a mintmark to this type — distinguishing it from the earlier KM#3.3a — reflects the National Bank's belated move toward production accountability after years of unmarked output from multiple facilities.