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PostEurop is proud to present the 2014 Europa stamps entries for the theme “National Musical Instruments”. Till 31 August 2014, here is your chance to vote for the most beautiful Europa stamp in 2014. Please vote for your favorite. Ours of course is Ukraine! Vote here http://www.posteurop.org/StampContest
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An article in the Journal "Museums of Ukraine" appeared February 9th this year bringing into question the legality of a Moscow auction featuring rare Kyivan Rus' sribnyk coins and hryvnia bars. Coins were minted in Rus from the first half of the 11th century on into the 1st quarter of the next century. During the reign of Grand Prince Volodymyr the Great (Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь, Old Norse: Valdamarr Sveinaldsson) gold and silver coins were minted, modeled on contemporary Byzantine currency of that time.
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Для повного й всестороннього ознайомлення зі сукупністю віддзеркалення дії пошт і поштової історії в Україні за ввесь час існування цих пошт, слід, звичайно, досліджувати спершу поодинокі періоди, на протязі яких ці пошти існували. Одним з таких є огляд пошти в Галичині під німецькою займанщиною в роках 1941-1944 (конкретно, в Дистрикті Галичина; тобто одному з Дистриктів Генеральної Губернії), частина якого, про пошту в Крайсгавптманшафті Чортків, пропонується ось тут.
Read more: Пошта в Крайсгавптманшафті Чортків під німецькою займанщиною роках 1941-1944
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The Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH) was voted by Swiss economists as the most beautiful currency in the world during the annual meeting of the aesthetics commission of the International Finance Bank (IFB) held mid-September 2008 in Switzerland.
The top five beautiful banknotes in order are: Ukrainian hryvnia, Australian dollar, euro, Bulgarian lev, and U.S. dollar.
A team of experts evaluated more than 50 national currencies taking into account the aesthetic design of banknotes, their solvency and security features as well as the historical significance of personalities and architectural structures depicted on the currency.
In addition, the bills were tested for durability. The Canadian dollar tore the easiest followed by the British pound and the Latvian lat. The hryvnia passed the durability test with flying colors.