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Visit of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I

he coin is dedicated to the visit of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to Ukraine at the time of celebration of the 1020th anniversary of the Christianization of Kyiv Rus. Issued into circulation on October 20, 2008.
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Obverse: 
On the obverse of the coin there are: the Small Emblem of Ukraine with the inscription УКРАЇНА (Ukraine) under it and the inscriptions НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК (National Bank) (above) and П’ЯТДЕСЯТ ГРИВЕНЬ (Fifty Hryvnias) (below) around the circle; in the circle against the background of Dnieper and the left-bank, the statue of Prince Volodymyr the Great, opened in Kyiv in 1853, is depicted; on the left there is the year of the coin issue 2008 specified on the ribbon.
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On the reverse of the coin in the circle there is the portrait of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yuschenko holding the wreath with a lighted candle, light whereof is imitated by the hologram, and of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I with the inscription НА ЧЕСТЬ ВІЗИТУ В УКРАЇНУ ВСЕЛЕНСЬКОГО ПАТРІАРХА ВАРФОЛОМІЯ І (In Honor of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I Visit to Ukraine) around the circle.
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Catalog ID: 
UA429CM1
Krause ID: 
KM# 526
Value: 
€1350
Mintage: 
1000
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0.999
Weight: 
500g
Diameter: 
85mm
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