UKRAINE 20 HRYVNAS THE TITHE CHURCH 1000TH RELIGION MONUMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA

Ukraine 20 hryvnas The Tithe Church 1000th Religion Monument Kiyv Rus 1996 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Silver 0.925 Box:   Yes Year of Issue:   1996 Weight:   33.59 CoA:   Yes Face Value:   20 hryvnias Dimensions:   38,6     Quality:   Proof     Mintage:   5,000   New coin with capsule, CoA and box Jubilee coin of 20 Hryvnias denominations is dedicated to 1000th anniversary of the Tithe Church foundation in Kiyv, the first stone temple in Kiyv RusOn the coin obverse in the middle of the beads circumference decoration, framed with conventionalized vegetal ornament, there is a depiction of the God Mother Odyhitriya with a baby -a bas-relief fragment over the church portal, preserved until now. Above the God Mother depiction there is the State Emblem of Ukraine. Around the coin circumference there is an inscription ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, underneath there are inscriptions: 1996, the year of coin issue and in two lines: 20 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, the coin face-value. Left and right from figure 20 there are designations of ¿g 925 and 31,1, coin pure weight. The whole composition is framed with the beads circumference decoration.On the coin reverse in the centre there are the contours of the Tithe Church reconstructed after professor J.S.Aseyev to underline, that the structure does not exist in reality. These contours are presented with mirror lines on a mat background; they give an impression of emerging from the really existed foundation. On the upper coin mat surface around the coin circumference there are inscriptions: ¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿, 996, separated from one another with a conventionalized birds depiction. Underneath on the glass background there is a ribbon with an inscription: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.