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= Tryzub = The Tryzub is a symbol looking like a trident, that was minted on coins of some first and prominent Grand Princes of Kiev. Nowadays it is used as the state coat of arms of Ukraine.

The word Tryzub (Тризуб) can be translated verbatim from both Ukrainian and Russian languages as three-toothed or three teeth.

History
The first mention about a trident in a form of the modern coat of arms of Ukraine was made in 1796 by Prussian born Kievan pharmacist Georg Friedrich Bunge. He claimed that he had bought a golden coin from a Ukrainian cossack. The cossack was from Left-bank Ukraine and said that he had been given the gold coin from his mother with the blessing when he joined the military service in 1794. The coin's legend had an inscription in the Cyrillic that it had been issued by Grand Prince of Kiev Vladimir the Great. An image looking like a trident was found on the right of the prince's picture on one side of the coin. Later this coin was lost, although its plaster cast had been made and became well known among numismatists. Initially, it was thought that the found coin was a forgery. Afterwards, lots of new coins were found in Pinsk and Kinburn Spit, so there were no doubt that the coins had been minted by Vladimir the Great.