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An article in the Journal "Museums of Ukraine" appeared February 9th this year bringing into question the legality of a Moscow auction featuring rare Kyivan Rus' sribnyk coins and hryvnia bars. Coins were minted in Rus from the first half of the 11th century on into the 1st quarter of the next century. During the reign of Grand Prince Volodymyr the Great (Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь, Old Norse: Valdamarr Sveinaldsson) gold and silver coins were minted, modeled on contemporary Byzantine currency of that time.
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Для повного й всестороннього ознайомлення зі сукупністю віддзеркалення дії пошт і поштової історії в Україні за ввесь час існування цих пошт, слід, звичайно, досліджувати спершу поодинокі періоди, на протязі яких ці пошти існували. Одним з таких є огляд пошти в Галичині під німецькою займанщиною в роках 1941-1944 (конкретно, в Дистрикті Галичина; тобто одному з Дистриктів Генеральної Губернії), частина якого, про пошту в Крайсгавптманшафті Чортків, пропонується ось тут.
Read more: Пошта в Крайсгавптманшафті Чортків під німецькою займанщиною роках 1941-1944
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The Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH) was voted by Swiss economists as the most beautiful currency in the world during the annual meeting of the aesthetics commission of the International Finance Bank (IFB) held mid-September 2008 in Switzerland.
The top five beautiful banknotes in order are: Ukrainian hryvnia, Australian dollar, euro, Bulgarian lev, and U.S. dollar.
A team of experts evaluated more than 50 national currencies taking into account the aesthetic design of banknotes, their solvency and security features as well as the historical significance of personalities and architectural structures depicted on the currency.
In addition, the bills were tested for durability. The Canadian dollar tore the easiest followed by the British pound and the Latvian lat. The hryvnia passed the durability test with flying colors.
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After 17 years as the name behind the UPNS newsletter Trident-Visnyk, our esteemed editor Lubomyr Onyshkevych has decided to hang up his pen. Editing and assembling 10 issues a year is not an easy job and we thank Lubomyr for his dedication in making the TV a successful publication. We will fondly remember him offering up his colorful editorials, latest philatelic news from Ukraine, new stamp issues, cancels, postcards, coins and other interesting Ukrainian collectibles. And so the reins have now passed on to our new newbie editor Stepan Moskal who will need much support and encouragement from all of us. Stepan, an avid collector of modern Ukraine, is not new to the challenges of publishing having produced a Ukraine stamp album a few years back. We look forward to his first issue of the Trident-Visnyk as he gives the newsletter a much needed facelift.
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A New Zealand personalized stamp was recently issued in March 2010 commemorating the 60th anniversary of Ukrainian emigration to New Zealand. The stamp was produced under the auspices of the Ukrainian Association of New Zealand (UANZ). The design of the stamps was based on the image of Hellenic Prince, a ship that brought the first group of Ukrainian post-World War II refugees to Wellington back in 1949.
New Zealand personalized stamps with NZD 0.50 and NZD 2.00 values were issued by New Zealand Post with a photo of the Hellenic Prince on the attached tab. Forty sheets of 20 x 50c stamps were produced (domestic standard rate medium letter size) and 2 sheets of 20 x $2.00 stamps (domestic standard rate oversized letter). Total number of the personalized stamps issued was 840.