Ukraine 100 Hryven, 2009

100 Hryven from Ukraine. Issued in 2009. Struck in Gold (.900). Measures 32 mm and weighs 34.55 g.

Obverse

Above there are the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine, the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine), beneath - the coin face value 100/ГРИВЕНЬ (100 hryvnias), indication of the metal and its fineness Au 900, weight in fineness 31,1 and the coin issue year 2009 to the right, in the coin center, above, there are depicted a fragment of an ancient structure and the signal bell tower, below, against the background of the meander, there are ancient coins of Chersonesos and a lamp (5th-6th centuries A.D.).

Reverse

In the foreground there are depicted the ruins of an ancient structure of Chersonesos, a basilica; in the background there is Saint Prince Volodymyr Cathedral built in the middle of the 19th century on the ruins of a medieval temple where the Prince Volodymyr is supposed to have been baptized; above there is the semicircular legend ХЕРСОНЕС ТАВРІЙСЬКИЙ (Chersonesos Taurica).

Edge

Sectoral corrugation