100 Hryven 2003

Weight

34.55 g

Diameter

32 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

Gold (.900)

Shape

Round

Edge Type

Segmented reeding

Technique

Milled

Front design

There is a depicted a stranded twine with a floral ornament, separating the pectoral tiers. Inside it there is the small National Emblem of Ukraine and the year of coin issue (2003), as well as inscriptions: УКРАЇНА, 100 ГРИВЕНЬ (Ukraine/ 100/ hryvnia), the designation of the metal, its fineness and its weight in fineness .On the coin obverse there is also the Mint logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine.

Back design

Against the background of a Scythian kurgan there is the pectoral depiction with magnified fragments of the top tier. Above the pectoral there is a mare with a foal, beneath - two men stretching an animal skin.

Year of Minting

2003

Ruling authority

Republic (1991-date)

Mint location

National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works , Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

Medal alignment ↑↑

Inscriptions

Obverse: УКРАЇНА 100 ГРИВЕНЬ 2003

Context

Commemorative coin is dedicated to the golden Pectoral (4-th century B.C.), the unsurpassed masterpiece of Hellenic and Scythian art found in the Tovsta Mohyla burial mound in Dnipropetrovsk region (1971). The archaeologist Boris M. Mozolevskyi who found this moonlike three-tier decoration of a Scythian tsar said : 'Like a drop of dew it reflects not only the shine of Scythian gold but also the great heart of the whole nation'.

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Non-circulating

In circulation

Yes

Demonetized

No

Marketplace listings

0