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The Ukrainian Museum in New York City is marking two significant chapters in Ukraine’s modern history – 25 years since its declaration of independence in 1991 and the approaching centennial of the liberation struggle and short-lived independence in the early 20th century – with two parallel exhibitions.
In Metal, On Paper: Coins, Banknotes, and Postage Stamps of Independent Ukraine, 1991-2016 is curated by Yuri Savchuk, Ph.D., senior research associate at the Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Museum organized this exhibition in partnership with the National Bank of Ukraine, Ukrposhta and the Institute of History of Ukraine.
Money, Sovereignty and Power: The Paper Currency of Revolutionary Ukraine, 1917-1920 is curated by Bohdan Kordan, professor and director of the Prairie Center for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage (PCUH) at St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan. This traveling exhibition was organized by PCUH in cooperation with the Ukrainian Museum of Canada.
The exhibitions will be open to the public from September 11 through November 27.
Read more: The Ukrainian Museum marks Ukraine’s independence anniversary with two exhibits
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Provisionals were a way that Ukraine supplemented an inadequate supply of national issues during 1992-1994. All of the provisionals stamp sets were in fact created locally (oblast, city). However, three of the overprinted sets achieved ‘national status’ almost as soon as they were issued, these being overprints of Kyiv, Lviv, and Chernihiv, aka the KLCs.
When Canadian Member of Parliament Borys Wrzesnewskyj attended Ukrainpex 2007, he indicated that he was involved with Kyiv’s Borysfen print shop. The Borysfen print shop in 1992 was responsible for the completion of the original overprinted sets for Kyiv, Lviv, and Chernihiv. The presses originally came from Canada and Wrzesnewskyj had made videos of the journey to get them into Ukraine. There they were first used in their Kyiv ‘underground’ bunker to produce Ukrainian pro-independence and pro-democracy leaflets and posters. As it turns out, the naming of the print shop is attributed to the mother of the young man doing the overprints, being a "fan" or as they say in Ukraine "fen" of Borys.
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The Royal Canadian Mint issued on February 2, 2016 a 1 oz. Fine Silver Coloured Coin "Traditional Ukrainian Pysanka" with a low mintage of 4,000. This is the first-ever egg-shaped coin issued by the Royal Canadian Mint. Preorders were brisk and the coin sold out before the release date.
Designed by Canadian artist Ann Morash, this coin captures the intricate beauty of a pysanka. Every element on this Ukrainian Easter egg is rich with symbolic meaning, including the individual colours: yellow stands for youth and purity; red represents the joy and passion in life; green is the colour of spring, which brings hope and renewal; and black suggests the darkest time before dawn, and the idea of eternity.
Read more: Canadian Mint issues Ukrainian Pysanka egg-shaped silver coin
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Coin issue plan for 2015 by the National Bank of Ukraine.
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No |
Items | Specifications |
Date of Issue |
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Denomination UAH |
Metal, weight in fineness (g) |
Diameter (mm) |
Quality |
Mintage |
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| Commemorative coins To the Heros of the Maidan | |||||||
| 1 | Euromaidan | 5 | CuNiZn | 35.0 |
Special uncirculated |
50,000 (including 20,000 in souvenir packs) |
Feb 18 |
|
2 |
Revolution of Dignity |
5 | CuNiZn | 35.0 | Special uncirculated |
50,000 (including 20,000 in souvenir packs) |
Feb 18 |
| 3 | Heavenly Hundred | 5 | CuNiZn | 35.0 | Special uncirculated |
50,000 (including 20,000 in souvenir packs) |
Feb 18 |
| Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine | |||||||
|
4 |
Halshka Hulevychivna (1575-1642) |
2 | CuNiZn | 31.0 | Special uncirculated | 30,000 |
Jan 27 |
| 5 |
Yakiv Hnizdovskyi (1915-1985) |
2 | CuNiZn | 31.0 | Special uncirculated | 30,000 | Mar 31 |
| 6 |
Mykhailo Verbytskyi (1815-1870) |
2 | CuNiZn | 31.0 | Special uncirculated | 30,000 |
Mar 4 |
| 7 | Andrei Sheptytskyi | 2 | CuNiZn | 31.0 | Special uncirculated | 30,000 | Jul |
| 8 |
Petro Prokopovych (1775-1850) |
2 | CuNiZn | 31.0 | Special uncirculated | 30,000 | Jul |
| 9 | Oleksandr Murashko | 2 | CuNiZn | 31.0 | Special uncirculated | 30,000 | Sep |
| 10 |
Ivan Karpenko-Karyi (1845-1907) |
2 | CuNiZn | 31.0 | Special uncirculated | 30,000 | Sep |
| Victory in the Great Patriotic War | |||||||
| 11 |
70 Years of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 |
20 |
Ag 925 62.2 |
50.0 | Special uncirculated | 2,000 | May |
| 12 |
70 Years of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 |
5 | CuNiZn | 35.0 | Special uncirculated |
35,000 (including 10,000 in souvenir packs) |
May |
| Heroes of Cossack Age | |||||||
| 13 | Bohdan Khmelnytskyi | 10 |
Ag 925 31.1 |
38.6 | Proof | 3,000 | Dec |
| Hetman Capital Cities | |||||||
| 14 | Hadiach | 10 |
Ag 925 31.1 |
38.6 | Proof | 2,000 | Nov |
| Higher Educational Establishments of Ukraine | |||||||
| 15 |
150 Years of the Odessa I.I.Mechnikov National University |
5 |
Ag 925 15.55 |
33.0 | Proof | 2,000 | Apr |
| 16 |
150 Years of the Odessa I.I.Mechnikov National University |
2 | CuNiZn | 31.0 | Special uncirculated | 35,000 | Apr |
| 17 |
400 Years of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy |
5 |
Ag 925 15.55 |
33.0 | Proof | 2,000 | Oct |
| 18 |
400 Years of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy |
2 | CuNiZn | 31.0 | Special uncirculated | 35,000 | Oct |
| Architectural Monuments of Ukraine | |||||||
| 19 |
The Assumption Cathedral in the City of Volodymyr-Volynskyi |
5 | CuNiZn | 35.0 | Special uncirculated | 35,000 | Jul |
| 20 | Pidhirtsi Castle | 10 | Ag 925 31.1 | 38.6 | Proof | 2,000 | Nov |
| 21 | Pidhirtsi Castle | 5 | CuNiZn | 35.0 | Special uncirculated | 35,000 | Nov |
| Ancient Cities of Ukraine | |||||||
| 22 | 475th Anniversary of the First Record of the City of Ternopil | 10 | Ag 925 31.1 | 38.6 | Proof | 2,000 | Aug |
| 23 | 475th Anniversary of the First Record of the City of Ternopil | 5 | CuNiZn | 35.0 | Special uncirculated | 35,000 | Aug |
| Oblasts of Ukraine | |||||||
| 24 | 75 Years of the Chernivtsi Oblast | 5 | bimetalic | 28.0 | Special uncirculated | 30,000 | Aug |
| Oriental Calendar | |||||||
| 25 | The Year of the Monkey | 5 | Ag 925 15.55 | 33.0 | Proof | 20,000 | Dec |
| Children's Zodiac | |||||||
| 26 | Aquarius (Little Water-Bearer) | 2 | Ag 925 7.78 | 26.5 | Special uncirculated |
up to 10,000 (including 5,000 in souvenir packs) |
Jan 19 |
| 27 | Pisces (Little Fish) | 2 | Ag 925 7.78 | 26.5 | Special uncirculated | up to 10,000 (including 5,000 in souvenir packs) | Feb 16 |
| 28 | Libra (Little Scales) | 2 | Ag 925 7.78 | 26.5 | Special uncirculated | up to 10,000 (including 5,000 in souvenir packs) | Sep |
| 29 | Scorpio (Little Scorpion) | 2 | Ag 925 7.78 | 26.5 | Special uncirculated | up to 10,000 (including 5,000 in souvenir packs) | Oct |
| 30 | Sagittarius (Little Archer) | 2 | Ag 925 7.78 | 26.5 | Special uncirculated | up to 10,000 (including 5,000 in souvenir packs) | Nov |
| 31 | Capricorn (Little Goat) | 2 | Ag 925 7.78 | 26.5 | Special uncirculated | up to 10,000 (including 5,000 in souvenir packs) | Dec |
| Other Coins | |||||||
| 32 | 120 Years of the Kharkiv Zoo | 2 | CuNiZn | 31.0 | Special uncirculated | 35,000 (including 10,000 in souvenir packs) |
Apr 15 |
| 33 | Kyiv Funicular | 5 | CuNiZn | 35.0 | Special uncirculated | 35,000 (including 10,000 in souvenir packs) | May |
| 34 | Oleshky Sands | 10 | Ag 925 31.1 | 38.6 | Special uncirculated | 30,000 | Oct |
| 35 | Oleshky Sands | 2 | CuNiZn | 31.0 | Special uncirculated | 35,000 (including 10,000 in souvenir packs) | Oct |