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Prince Kyi

The coin is dedicated to the Prince Kyi, a legendary founder of the city of Kyiv and Kyiv state at the end of 5th-beginning of 6th centuries. In circulation since 29 June 1998.

Ukraine 1998 Prince Kyi Silver
Obverse: 
On the coin obverse within a frame of an old Russian-like interpreted pattern ornamental with an arched talisman of 12th century, which represented the model of universe among eastern Slavs, there is the small State Emblem of Ukraine and the conventionalized four-line inscriptions: УКРАЇНА, 10 ГРИВЕНЬ, 1998 and the symbol of the precious metal, its fineness and weight.
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On the coin reverse against a background of an imitated roll there is a three-view composition, combined from a depiction of Prince Kyi, figures of three brothers-riders and a woman (Kyi, Shchek, Khoryv and their sister Lybid) and on the background there is a fortress upon the hill. There is a conventionalized legend on the coin: КИЙ (above) and КНЯЖА УКРАЇНА (underneath in two line).
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Catalog ID: 
UA90CM1
Krause ID: 
KM# 53
Value: 
€60
Mintage: 
10000
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Purity: 
0.925
Weight: 
31.1g
Diameter: 
38.61mm
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