Eric Ewanco asked:


I am trying to find out what dealer, if any, is authorized to sell commemorative and jubilee Ukrainian non-circulating gold and silver coins in the United States, or for that matter, in Ukraine. Specifically, I want to buy this coin: http://bank.gov.ua/Engl/Bank_coin/YUV_MON/Coins/Rizdvo/Khresch.htm . I have no idea whether it is still being issued (i.e. the mintage is not exhausted), or if I have to buy it on the secondary market.

Lacking that, a U.S. dealer who specializes in Slavic or Eastern European coins would also be a welcome answer.
Ok how about just some hints in going about finding this coin?
Coin Dude,

This site (which I also found, though it didn’t take me six hours :-)) is merely a clever front-end for a general-purpose auction site. It’s not run by any coin expert. In fact, if you click on one of the four “Ukrainian” coins they so prominently display, it brings you to the search results for a wide variety of coins, none of which, apparently, are Ukrainian. In fact I can’t find a single Ukrainian coin on the site. I find this site rather deplorable for its deceptive design.

Since you made an admirable good faith effort and since I need to select a best answer to get my three points back, I may still choose you as a best answer, but I want to wait for other answers first.

Alex