About Bullion Coins

Ukrainian bullion coins are gold and silver coins that have a fineness of 999.9, and are used for investment and as a store of value.

Such coins classified as investment metals. The face value of bullion coins is considerably lower than the value of the precious metals they are made of.

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Purchase prices and selling prices for bullion coins

Points of Purchase and Sale
National Bank of Ukraine

Sale, Purchase, and Acceptance for Evaluation, if Damaged, of Investment Coins:

Kyiv: 2a, Kontraktova Square

Purchase and Acceptance of Damaged Investment Coins for Evaluation (hereinafter – regional offices):

Lviv: 4, Kopernyka St

Odesa: 8, Rishelievska St

Kharkiv: 1, Teatralna Square

Dnipro: 13, Voskresenska St

Opening Hours of NBU Cash Desks:

  • Monday - Thursday: 9:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
  • Friday: 9:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
  • Last business day of the month: 9:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
  • Lunch break: 1 a.m. – 1:45 p.m. (for regional offices)
  • Saturday - Sunday: closed.
Buying and selling points 

On the introduction of investment coins (UKR)

Bullion coins

Archangel Michael 5 hryvnias circulating coin designed in 2020

Face value — 5 hryvnias
Metal — Gold (Au 999.9)
Weight in fineness, g — 7.78
Diameter, mm — 20.0
Edge thickness, mm — 1.6
Quality — uncirculated
Edge — corrugated
Designer — Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhiy Kharuk
Engraver — program modeling by Yuriy Lukianov
Years of issue and Mintage — 2023 (2,500 pcs)

Archangel Michael 5 hryvnias circulating coin designed in 2020 (obverse)
Archangel Michael 5 hryvnias circulating coin designed in 2020 (reverse)

30 years of Ukraine's independence 1 hryvnia circulating coin designed in 2021

Face value — 1 hryvnia
Metal — silver (Ag 999.9)
Weight in fineness, g — 31.1
Diameter, mm — 38.6
Edge thickness, mm — 3.0
Quality — uncirculated
Edge — corrugated
Designer — Volodymyr Taran, Serhii Kharuk, Oleksandr Kharuk
Engraver — Volodymyr Demyanenko, software modeling - Yuri Lukyanov
Years of issue and Mintage — 2021 (15 000 pcs)

30 years of Ukraine's independence 1 hryvnia circulating coin designed in 2021 (obverse)
30 years of Ukraine's independence 1 hryvnia circulating coin designed in 2021 (reverse)

Archangel Michael 2 hryvnia circulating coin designed in 2020

Face value — 2 hryvnias
Metal — gold (Au 999,9)
Weight in fineness, g — 3.11
Diameter, mm — 16.0
Edge thickness, mm — 1.1
Quality — uncirculated
Edge — corrugated
Designer — Volodymyr Taran, Serhii Kharuk, Oleksandr Kharuk
Engraver — Sviatoslav Ivanenko
Years of issue and Mintage — 2020 (2 000 pcs)

Archangel Michael 2 hryvnia circulating coin designed in 2020 (obverse)
Archangel Michael 2 hryvnia circulating coin designed in 2020 (reverse)

Archangel Michael 1 hryvnia circulating coin designed in 2020

Face value — 1 hryvnia
Metal — silver (Ag 999,9)
Weight in fineness, g — 31.1
Diameter, mm — 38.6
Edge thickness, mm — 3.0
Quality — uncirculated
Edge — corrugated
Designer — Volodymyr Taran, Serhii Kharuk, Oleksandr Kharuk
Engraver — Sviatoslav Ivanenko, software modeling - Vitaly Andrianov, Yuri Lukyanov
Years of issue and Mintage — 2020 (31 000 pcs)

Archangel Michael 1 hryvnia circulating coin designed in 2020 (obverse)
Archangel Michael 1 hryvnia circulating coin designed in 2020 (reverse)

Archangel Michael 10 hryvnias circulating coin designed in 2011

Face value — 10 hryvnias
Metal — gold (Au 999,9)
Weight in fineness, g — 15.55
Diameter, mm — 25.0
Edge thickness, mm — 2.0
Quality — uncirculated
Edge — sectoral corrugation
Designer — Volodymyr Taran, Serhii Kharuk, Oleksandr Kharuk
Engraver — Roman Chaikovskyi, Sviatoslav Ivanenko
Years of issue and Mintage — 2012 (3 700 pcs), 2013 (4 500 pcs), 2014 (3 800 pcs), 2015 (3 000 pcs)

Archangel Michael 10 hryvnias circulating coin designed in 2011 (obverse)
Archangel Michael 10 hryvnias circulating coin designed in 2011 (reverse)
Description

Obverse: above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine), in the coin center, within the octagonal cartouche, there is depicted a shield with the emblem of the National Bank of Ukraine thereon - allegorical figures of griffins with the hryvnia (monetary-weight unit of Kyivan Rus) placed between them. This emblem symbolizes safeguarding and augmentation of the country`s gold reserves. On the coin obverse there are indicated the coin face value, coin issue year, as well as the indications of the metal and its fineness and coin weight in fineness.

Reverse: there is depicted the Taxiarch Archangel Michael (Orthodoxy accords him the title `Archistrategos`), one of the most honorable Bible characters well-known for winning a victory over evil and being a patron of warriors, the sick and the suffering; there is a circular inscription: …ЗА НАС І ДУШІ ПРАВЕДНИХ, І СИЛА АРХІСТРАТИГА МИХАЇЛА/ FOR US AND SOLES OF RIGHTEOUS MEN, AND ARCHISTRATEGOS MICHAEL`S STRENGTH (lines from T. Shevchenko`s `Haydamaks`).

Archangel Michael 5 hryvnias circulating coin designed in 2011

Face value — 5 hryvnias
Metal — gold (Au 999,9)
Weight in fineness, g — 7.78
Diameter, mm — 20.0
Edge thickness, mm — 1.6
Quality — uncirculated
Edge — sectoral corrugation
Designer — Volodymyr Taran, Serhii Kharuk, Oleksandr Kharuk
Engraver — Roman Chaikovskyi, Sviatoslav Ivanenko
Years of issue and Mintage — 2011 (3 000 pcs), 2012 (3 500 pcs), 2013 (5 300 pcs), 2014 (3 800 pcs), 2015 (7 500 pcs), 2016 (2 000 pcs)

Archangel Michael 5 hryvnias circulating coin designed in 2011 (obverse)
Archangel Michael 5 hryvnias circulating coin designed in 2011 (reverse)
Description

Obverse: above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine), in the coin center, within the octagonal cartouche, there is depicted a shield with the emblem of the National Bank of Ukraine thereon - allegorical figures of griffins with the hryvnia (monetary-weight unit of Kyivan Rus) placed between them. This emblem symbolizes safeguarding and augmentation of the country`s gold reserves. On the coin obverse there are indicated the coin face value, coin issue year, as well as the indications of the metal and its fineness and coin weight in fineness.

Reverse: there is depicted the Taxiarch Archangel Michael (Orthodoxy accords him the title `Archistrategos`), one of the most honorable Bible characters well-known for winning a victory over evil and being a patron of warriors, the sick and the suffering; there is a circular inscription: …ЗА НАС І ДУШІ ПРАВЕДНИХ, І СИЛА АРХІСТРАТИГА МИХАЇЛА/ FOR US AND SOLES OF RIGHTEOUS MEN, AND ARCHISTRATEGOS MICHAEL`S STRENGTH (lines from T. Shevchenko`s `Haydamaks`).

Archangel Michael 2 hryvnia circulating coin designed in 2011

Face value — 2 hryvnias
Metal — gold (Au 999,9)
Weight in fineness, g — 3.11
Diameter, mm — 16.0
Edge thickness, mm — 1.1
Quality — uncirculated
Edge — sectoral corrugation
Designer — Volodymyr Taran, Serhii Kharuk, Oleksandr Kharuk
Engraver — Roman Chaikovskyi, Sviatoslav Ivanenko
Years of issue and Mintage — 2012 (8 000 pcs), 2013 (6 600 pcs), 2014 (5 000 pcs), 2015 (7 500 pcs), 2016 (2 000 pcs)

Archangel Michael 2 hryvnia circulating coin designed in 2011 (obverse)
Archangel Michael 2 hryvnia circulating coin designed in 2011 (reverse)
Description

Obverse: above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine), in the coin center, within the octagonal cartouche, there is depicted a shield with the emblem of the National Bank of Ukraine thereon - allegorical figures of griffins with the hryvnia (monetary-weight unit of Kyivan Rus) placed between them. This emblem symbolizes safeguarding and augmentation of the country`s gold reserves. On the coin obverse there are indicated the coin face value, coin issue year, as well as the indications of the metal and its fineness and coin weight in fineness.

Reverse: there is depicted the Taxiarch Archangel Michael (Orthodoxy accords him the title `Archistrategos`), one of the most honorable Bible characters well-known for winning a victory over evil and being a patron of warriors, the sick and the suffering; there is a circular inscription: …ЗА НАС І ДУШІ ПРАВЕДНИХ, І СИЛА АРХІСТРАТИГА МИХАЇЛА/ FOR US AND SOLES OF RIGHTEOUS MEN, AND ARCHISTRATEGOS MICHAEL`S STRENGTH (lines from T. Shevchenko`s `Haydamaks`).

Archangel Michael 1 hryvnia circulating coin designed in 2011

Face value — 1 hryvnia
Metal — silver (Ag 999,9)
Weight in fineness, g — 31.1
Diameter, mm — 38.6
Edge thickness, mm — 3.0
Quality — uncirculated
Edge — corrugated
Designer — Volodymyr Taran, Serhii Kharuk, Oleksandr Kharuk
Engraver — Roman Chaikovskyi, Sviatoslav Ivanenko
Years of issue and Mintage — 2011 (10 000 pcs), 2012 (20 000 pcs), 2013 (24 500 pcs), 2014 (24 705 pcs), 2015 (26 990 pcs), 2016 (20 000 pcs), 2017 (30 000 pcs), 2018 (40 000 pcs), 2019 (25 000 pcs)

Archangel Michael 1 hryvnia circulating coin designed in 2011 (obverse)
Archangel Michael 1 hryvnia circulating coin designed in 2011 (reverse)
Description

Obverse: above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine), in the coin center, within the octagonal cartouche, there is depicted a shield with the emblem of the National Bank of Ukraine thereon - allegorical figures of griffins with the hryvnia (monetary-weight unit of Kyivan Rus) placed between them. This emblem symbolizes safeguarding and augmentation of the country`s gold reserves. On the coin obverse there are indicated the coin face value, coin issue year, as well as the indications of the metal and its fineness and coin weight in fineness.

Reverse: there is depicted the Taxiarch Archangel Michael (Orthodoxy accords him the title `Archistrategos`), one of the most honorable Bible characters well-known for winning a victory over evil and being a patron of warriors, the sick and the suffering; there is a circular inscription: …ЗА НАС І ДУШІ ПРАВЕДНИХ, І СИЛА АРХІСТРАТИГА МИХАЇЛА/ FOR US AND SOLES OF RIGHTEOUS MEN, AND ARCHISTRATEGOS MICHAEL`S STRENGTH (lines from T. Shevchenko`s `Haydamaks`).

Archangel Michael 20 hryvnias circulating coin designed in 2011

Face value — 20 hryvnias
Metal — gold (Au 999,9)
Weight in fineness, g — 31.1
Diameter, mm — 32.0
Edge thickness, mm — 2.4
Quality — uncirculated
Edge — sectoral corrugation
Designer — Volodymyr Taran, Serhii Kharuk, Oleksandr Kharuk
Engraver — Roman Chaikovskyi, Sviatoslav Ivanenko
Years of issue and Mintage — 2011 (1 500 pcs), 2012 (5 900 pcs), 2013 (4 000 pcs), 2014 (6 400 pcs), 2015 (3 000 pcs), 2016 (10 000 pcs)

Archangel Michael 20 hryvnias circulating coin designed in 2011 (obverse)
Archangel Michael 20 hryvnias circulating coin designed in 2011 (reverse)
Description

Obverse: above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine), in the coin center, within the octagonal cartouche, there is depicted a shield with the emblem of the National Bank of Ukraine thereon - allegorical figures of griffins with the hryvnia (monetary-weight unit of Kyivan Rus) placed between them. This emblem symbolizes safeguarding and augmentation of the country`s gold reserves. On the coin obverse there are indicated the coin face value, coin issue year, as well as the indications of the metal and its fineness and coin weight in fineness.

Reverse: there is depicted the Taxiarch Archangel Michael (Orthodoxy accords him the title `Archistrategos`), one of the most honorable Bible characters well-known for winning a victory over evil and being a patron of warriors, the sick and the suffering; there is a circular inscription: …ЗА НАС І ДУШІ ПРАВЕДНИХ, І СИЛА АРХІСТРАТИГА МИХАЇЛА/ FOR US AND SOLES OF RIGHTEOUS MEN, AND ARCHISTRATEGOS MICHAEL`S STRENGTH (lines from T. Shevchenko`s `Haydamaks`).