With Ukraine’s potato harvest stagnant at an average 22 million tons over the last five years, the central bank has decided to boost spirts by putting into circulation a silver commemorative coin, “Digging Potatoes.” Worth 10 hrvynia, or 38 cents, the National Bank of Ukraine honors potato digging as an activity that has ‘united Man and Woman for thousands of years.’ Thousands of years in Peru, yes. A staple food of the Andes since 5000 BC, the potato made it to what is now modern day Ukraine around 1700 AD.
With Ukraine’s potato harvest stagnant at an average 22 million tons over the last five years
