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Scythian Gold. The Wild Boar
The coin is dedicated to a jewelry artifact of the steppe Scythia – the gold figurine of the wild boar (end of the 4th century B.C.) from Khomyna Mohyla kurhan near the village of Nahirne, Dnipropetrovsk oblast’. Issued into circulation on December 24, 2009.
Obverse:
On the coin obverse within the circle of beads there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine, above it – 2009 (the coin issue year), on the left Au 999,9 (coin metal and its fineness) and on the right – the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint and the coin weight in fineness – 1,24; between the circle and the coin edge there are the semicircular legends: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine) above and 2 ГРИВНІ (2 hryvnias) underneath.
Reverse:
On the coin reversethere is depicted the wild boar figurine with the semicircular inscription thereunder СКІФСЬКЕ ЗОЛОТО (Scythian Gold).
Certificate:
Booklet
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Package (box, booklet, roll, etc.):
Package (box, booklet, roll, etc.):
Country:
Ukraine
Catalog ID:
UA483CM1
Value:
€72
Mintage:
10000
Quality:
BU
Face value:
2 hryvni
Purity:
0.9999
Weight:
1.24g
Diameter:
13.92mm
Year:
2009
Type:
Commemorative coin
Shape and style:
Round
Edge:
Plain
International program:
The Smallest Gold Coins of the World. History of Gold
Animals:
Wild boar
Designer:
Volodymyr Demyanenko
Source of information:
National Bank of Ukraine www.bank.gov.ua