Banknotes of Ukraine

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History of the Ukrainian hryvnia

Since the XI century in Kiev Rus in circulation were "Kiev" hryvnia, which were of silver, had a hexagonal shape and weighed 150 grams. They existed before the Tatar-Mongol invasion. In the north-western lands, there were also "Novgorod hryvnia", which from the middle of the 13th century spread to the whole territory of the Old Russian state. They looked like long silver sticks, weighed 240 grams and existed until the end of the XV century. The transition from the "Kiev" to the "Novgorod" was the "Chernigov" hryvnia, in form very close to the "Kiev", and by weight - to the "Novgorod".

In the XV century, in connection with the increase in the scale of coinage and continuous damage, the ingot "hryvnia" ceased to be a monetary unit. The hryvnia continued to exist only as a unit of weight and lasted until the 18th century only as a weight coin - "hryvnia".

In the 13th century in Novgorod, half of the hryvnia was called "ruble". Gradually, the ruble (in Ukrainian "karbovanets") ousted the hryvnia and entrenched itself as a monetary unit, and later became the main unit of the Russian monetary system.

According to the author of the first banknotes of modern Ukraine Vasily Lopata, in April 1991 famous artists of the Ukrainian SSR were invited to participate in the development of sketches for a new Ukrainian currency. In addition to V. Lopata, the group included People's Artist of Ukraine A. Danchenko, Honored Art Workers of Ukraine V. Perevalsky, Honored Artists of Ukraine V. Yurchishin, S. Yakutovich.

Work on creating banknotes was held under the auspices of the Verkhovna Rada Commission on Economic Reforms and National Economy Management, as well as the Commission for Culture and Spiritual Revival. People's deputies of Ukraine Leonid Tanyuk, Pavel Movchan, Dmitri Pavlychko, Vladimir Yavorivsky, Ivan Zaets and others took part in this work.

Drafts of banknotes were considered by the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada under the chairmanship of Leonid Kravchuk, who approved the sketches prepared by V. Lopata.

The Central Rada March 1, 1918, after the proclamation of Ukraine as an independent state, adopted a law on the introduction of a new monetary unit - the hryvnia, which was divided into 100 steps and equaled 1/2 of the karbovanets. Throughout 1918 in Berlin, banknotes were issued in denominations of 2, 10, 100, 500, 1000 and 2,000 hryvnia. The hryvnia was introduced into circulation since October 17, 1918 and withdrawn from circulation during the monetary reform of 1922 - 1924.

The Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR decided to print its currency back in the days of the Soviet Union in May 1991. Initially, according to the Soviet model, it was planned to issue banknotes in denominations of 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 hryvnia, however, as a result, the American model was adopted, by replacing bills 3 and 25 with 2 and 20, respectively. The design of banknotes was approved in 1992, and the Ukrainian hryvnia was circulated in 1996 after the decree of President Leonid Kuchma of August 25 "On monetary reform in Ukraine."

On March 2, 1992, the denominations of coins were approved: 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50 kopecks and 1 hryvnia. Coins with a face value of 3, 15 and 20 cents were not released into circulation.

Since January 10, 1992, temporary Ukrainian banknotes, called coupon and nominated in rubles, were put into circulation. Officially, they were called karbovantsi and existed until 1996, assuming the entire inflationary blow. September 2, 1996, the exchange of karbovans to hryvnia began in the ratio of 100,000 krb = 1 hryvnia. From that day only hryvnias were issued in banks. The exchange procedure lasted until 1998.

The National Bank of Ukraine conducted about 18 issues in 1996 - 2007 - commissioning of the main denominations of the hryvnia ("old" samples: 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, and "new": 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007). Today, nine denominations of the Ukrainian hryvnia are in circulation: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 UAH.

In March 2004, the National Bank of Ukraine approved the graphical sign of the national currency - the hryvnia. It is a lowercase handwritten letter "g", crossed in the middle by two horizontal lines. 1 hryvnia = 100 kopecks. The currency code in the standard ISO 4217 - UAH, digital - 980.

Now in circulation are banknotes with the nominal value of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 hryvnia.

Description of the banknote

general description

Banknotes of all denominations are made on special white paper, which does not fluoresce in ultraviolet rays. A watermark on banknotes with a nominal value of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 hryvnias of the 1992 sample is an image of the trident's light lines, freely placed on the entire area of ​​the banknotes. Watermark on banknotes with a nominal value of 1 (1994, 1995), 2 (1995), 5 (1994, 1997), 10 (1994), 20 (1995), 50 and 100 hryvnia - Placed on a non-printable section of the image in different tones of the portrait, repeating the portrait printed on the front side of the banknotes.

Front side

On the front side of the banknote are: portraits of prominent figures of history and literature of Ukraine, inscriptions "Ukraine" or "Ukraine" and "National Bank of Ukraine", the nominal value of banknotes in words and figures. The design is complemented by ornaments and rosettes, which are made with multi-color printing. Portraits, inscriptions and individual decorative elements of banknotes are embossed in relief.

Back side

On the reverse side of the banknotes in the center there are images of historical and architectural monuments of Ukraine, above which the inscription "National Bank of Ukraine" is inscribed. In words and in four corners, the figures denote the nominal value of banknotes, and from the bottom - the year of approval of a sample of banknotes. The design of the banknotes is complemented by rosettes, ribbons and ornaments, made with multi-color printing.

Characteristics of protective elements

Watermark

On banknotes with denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 hryvnias of the 1992 sample - an image of the light trident lines formed by the internal structure of the paper, repeating over the entire area of ​​the banknote and visible when considering the banknote against the light; On banknotes of a later issue - the image on the white area of ​​the banknote in different tones (lighter and darker than paper), visible when looking at the banknote against the light, is a portrait that is formed by the internal structure of the paper and repeats the portrait printed on the front side of the banknote.

Tape

In banknotes with a nominal value of 1 (1995), 2 (1995) and 5 (1997) hryvnia, a polymeric metallized tape with a coded nominal width of about 1.3 mm is placed vertically in the thickness of the paper between the watermark and the portrait. Viewing the banknote against the light as a dark strip with a transparent repeating inscription "1 ГРИВНА", "2 ГРИВНЫ" and "5 ГРИВЕН";

In banknotes with nominal value of 1 (1994), 5 (1994), 10 (1994), 50 and 100 hryvnia in the thickness of the paper, there is a vertical polymer tape about 1 mm wide, which is visible against the light. On it there is a repeated inscription "Ukraine" of dark color. It can be read with a magnifying glass;

In banknotes with a nominal value of 20 hryvnias of the 1995 model, a vertical metallized "window" tape is placed between the watermark and the portrait. On the front side of the banknote, it periodically (6 times) leaves the thickness on the surface of the paper of the banknote. This part of the tape is noticeable, it looks like a shiny dotted line. When looking at the banknote against the light, the entire tape has the form of a continuous dark line crossing the banknote across.

Relief elements

Banknotes in banknotes of nominal value 2 (1995), 5 (1994, 1997), 10 (1994), 20 (1995), 50 and 100 hryvnia, which protrude above the surface of the paper, the roughness of which is felt when Touch with your fingertips.

Combined drawing

The figure is located in one place on the front and back sides of the banknote, all elements of which coincide and complement each other when considering a banknote against the light (the ornament on the left side of the banknote).

Rainbow printing

Gradual transition of one color of the protective mesh, made by continuous lines without breaks, into the other (protective nets and ornaments on both sides of the banknote).

Anti-scanner grid

Thin lines are located at different angles, which when copying or scanning the banknote form a "moiré" (protective mesh) on the copy.

Coded Latent Image

The latent digital image of the denomination on banknotes 2 (1995), 5 (1994, 1997), 10 (1994), 20 (1995), 50 and 100 hryvnia, visible when considering a banknote at the eye level at an acute angle Against the light when it is rotated by 45 degrees (rectangular ornament to the right of the portrait) and a latent image of the trident (the digital denomination denomination in the upper corners of the front side of banknotes with a nominal value of 2-20 hryvnias of the 1992 sample).

Microtext

The inscription of the continuously repeated word "Ukraine", abbreviations "NBU", which can be read with a magnifying glass.

Badge for the Blind

The relief element located in the lower left corner of the front side of banknotes 2 (1995), 5 (1994, 1997), 10 (1994), 20 (1995), 50 and 100 hryvnia, which is felt to the touch With fingertips and determines the denomination of the banknote.

Visible protective fibers

Blue fibers lengthwise about 6 mm (denomination 1-20 hryvnias of the sample of 1992), blue and red fibers - denomination of 1, 2, 5 hryvnias of the sample 1994-1997 gently located in the thickness and on the surface of the paper on both sides of the banknote.

Invisible protective fibers

Chaotically located in the thickness and on the surface of paper from both sides of the banknotes of the fiber:

• Length about 6 mm (nominal value 1-20 hryvnias of the sample of 1992), which fluoresce in the ultraviolet rays with green light;
• Length of about 4 mm (1 (1994, 1995), 2 (1995), 5 (1994, 1997), 10 (1994), 20 (1995), 50 and 100 hryvnia) Which in the ultraviolet rays fluoresce with yellow and blue light and blue and green light (1 (1995), 2 (1995), 5 (1997) hryvnia).

Fluorescent number

Printed by the method of high printing with black paint horizontally (nominal value 1-20 hryvnias of the 1992 sample) and red paint horizontally (1 (1994, 1995), 2 (1995), 5 (1994, 1997), 10 (1994 ), 20 (1995) hryvnia) and vertically (nominal 50 and 100 hryvnia), exactly, with the same interval between the numbers number of the banknote that fluoresces in the ultraviolet rays green (nominal value 1-20 hryvnias of the 1992 sample) and light Red (1 (1994, 1995), 2 (1995), 5 (1994, 1997), 10 (1994), 20 (1995), 50 and 100 hryvnia) with light.

Magnetic number

Printed by the method of high printing black ink horizontally in one line, exactly and with the same interval between the numbers, the series and number of the banknote having magnetic properties (1 (1994, 1995), 2 (1995), 5 (1994, 1997 gg. ), 10 (1994), 20 (1995), 50 and 100 hryvnia).

Hidden denomination

Printed in the center of the front side of the banknote except 1 (1994, 1995), 2 (1995), 5 (1994, 1997), 10 (1994), 20 (1995) hryvnia invisible paint denomination, which In the ultraviolet rays fluoresces with green light.

Fluorescent printing

Design elements of the front side and back side of the banknotes and coded picture (50 and 100 hryvnia), which in the ultraviolet rays fluoresce with yellow, green or yellow-green light (depending on the denomination).

High Printing

Print, which made the numbers of banknotes. She leaves on paper thickened from the edges of the stroke ink print and a relief deepened trail. On the reverse side of the paper, as a rule, has a convex embossed impression.

Orel printing

Sharp transition of one color to another without rupture, imposition or displacement of the drawing lines (portrait, inscriptions, ribbons, ornaments) ..

Banknotes of various years of release

In September 1991, after consideration by the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, it was planned to issue banknotes in denominations of 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 hryvnia. Later, denominations of 3 and 25 hryvnia were replaced by 2 and 20, respectively. Decree of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of December 10, 1991 No. 1952-XII provided the following denominations: 1, 2, 10, 20, 50 and 100 hryvnia; Reserve notes: 5 and 200 hryvnia. By decision of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of February 12, 1996 No. 91/96-PV, the purchase of the hryvnia was supplemented by a reserve banknote of UAH 500.

On September 2, 1996, the National Bank of Ukraine, in accordance with the Decree of the President of Ukraine, introduced banknotes in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 hryvnias. On August 22, 2001 a banknote with a nominal value of 200 hryvnias was put into circulation. On September 15, 2006, a banknote with a nominal value of UAH 500 was put into circulation.

On the territory of Ukraine all the UAH signs are printed, printed in 1992 and later and officially put into circulation. Hryvnia banknotes of samples until 2003 (all issues) are currently withdrawn from circulation in accordance with the decisions of the NBU Board. Banknotes withdrawn from circulation remain legal tender and function in circulation without limitation of the term, until they are completely withdrawn (the tables indicate the date when the banknote was withdrawn from circulation, the procedure and procedure for withdrawals are determined by the NBU Board resolutions).

Banknotes with denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 hryvnias (3 series) are in circulation.

Release 1992
Picture		Nominal (UAH)	Dimensions (Mm)	Main color	Description		date
Obverse	Reverse				Obverse	Reverse	First seal	Output of	Commencement of retirement
		1	135x70	Olive	Vladimir the Great	Ruins of Chersonesos	1992	2 September 1996	July 15, 2003
		2		Brown	Yaroslav the Wise	Hagia Sophia in Kiev
		5		Blue	Bohdan Khmelnytsky	Church in the village of Subotov
		10		Purple	Ivan Mazepa	Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
		20		Gray-brown	Ivan Franko	Lviv Opera House
		50	135x70	Red	Mikhail Grushevsky	Teacher's House	The appeal was not
		100		Green	Taras Shevchenko	The building of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

The 1994-2001 issue
Picture		Nominal (UAH)	Dimensions (Mm)	Main color	Description		date
Obverse	Reverse				Obverse	Reverse	First seal	Output of	Commencement of retirement
		1	133-66	Green-brown	Vladimir the Great	Ruins of Chersonesos	1994	2 September 1996	1 December 2004
		2		Orange Brown	Yaroslav the Wise	Hagia Sophia in Kiev	1995	September 1, 1997	September 28, 2004
		5		Blue	Bohdan Khmelnytsky	Church in the village of Subotov	1994		14 June 2004
		10		Dark blue-red	Ivan Mazepa	Kiev-Pechersk Lavra			1 January 2010
		20		Brownish green	Ivan Franko	Lviv Opera House	1995
		50		Violet-yellow	Mikhail Grushevsky	The building of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine	Not indicated on banknotes	2 September 1996
		100		Brownish green	Taras Shevchenko	Hagia Sophia in Kiev
		200		Pink-blue	Lesya Ukrainka	The Tower of Lutsk Castle		August 22, 2001

The issue of 2001
Picture		Nominal (UAH)	Dimensions (Mm)	Main color	Description		date
Obverse	Reverse				Obverse	Reverse	First seal	Output of	Commencement of retirement
		1	133x66	Green-brown	Vladimir the Great	Ruins of Chersonesos	1994	2 September 1996	1 December 2004
		2		Orange Brown	Yaroslav the Wise	Hagia Sophia in Kiev	1995	September 1, 1997	September 28, 2004
		5		Blue	Bohdan Khmelnytsky	Church in the village of Subotov	1994		14 June 2004
		10		Dark blue-red	Ivan Mazepa	Kiev-Pechersk Lavra			1 January 2010
		20		Brownish green	Ivan Franko	Lviv Opera House	1995
		50		Violet-yellow	Mikhail Grushevsky	The building of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine	Not indicated on banknotes	2 September 1996
		100		Brownish green	Taras Shevchenko	Hagia Sophia in Kiev
		200		Pink-blue	Lesya Ukrainka	The Tower of Lutsk Castle		August 22, 2001

Release of the year 2007
Picture		Nominal (UAH)	Dimensions (Mm)	Main Colour	Description		date
Obverse	Reverse				Obverse	Reverse	First seal	Output of
		1	118-63	Gray-green	Vladimir the Great	City of Vladimir ( Kiev Kiev Kiev )	2004	1 December 2004
				Yellow-blue			2006	May 22, 2006
		2		Yellow-brown	Yaroslav the Wise Saying: "... yakshcho will live in love with me God will be with you ... "	Hagia Sophia in Kiev	2004	September 28, 2004
		5		Blue	Bohdan Khmelnytsky	Church in Subotov		14 June 2004
		10	124-66	Red	Ivan Mazepa Inscription on a banknote «... and for viru hoch umrite І вольностій ворочіте ... »	Panorama of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra		1 November 2004
							2006	August 2006
		20	130-69	Green	Ivan Franko An excerpt from the poem: "To the earth, my omnipotent mother! Sili, shcho in your moving depth, The crater, the sword in battle, smiled, Yes i mini! "	Lviv Opera House	2003	1 December 2003
		50	136-72	Purple	Mikhail Grushevsky	The building of the Ukrainian Central Rada	2004	29 March 2004
		100	142-75	Yellow-green	Taras Shevchenko An excerpt from the poem: "Its Ukraine lyubit, Любіть її ... In the time of lute, In the last minute, For the Lord does not speak. "	Dnepr and a blind bandurist with a guide-boy	2005	20 February 2006
		200	148? 75	Pink	Lesya Ukrainka An excerpt from the poem: "For truth, brother, Hindu Shir, Єdiny maєm rights Way ... "	The Tower of Lutsk Castle	2007	May 28, 2007
		500	154-55	Peach	Grigory Skovoroda	Kyiv-Mohyla Academy	2006	15 September 2006

Memorable banknotes

October 5, 2011 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the National Bank of Ukraine, memorable banknotes with a nominal value of 50 hryvnias of the 2004 model (2011 of issue) were put into circulation. On the front side of the banknotes with a special paint, changing the color from golden to green depending on the angle of view, the inscription "NBU 20 rock" (Russian "NBU 20 years") is printed. A total of 1000 banknotes were printed; They are a legal tender in the territory of Ukraine and function in circulation along with banknotes of 50 hryvnias of the 2004 model of previous years of issue.

Memorable banknotes
Picture		Nominal (UAH)	Dimensions (Mm)	Main color	Description		Dates
Front side	Back side				Front side	Back side	Printing	Output of
		50	136x72	purple	Mikhail Grushevsky, The inscription "NBU 20 rock"	The building of the Pedagogical Museum In Kiev	2011	October 5, 2011
The scale of the images is 1.0 pixels per millimeter

Chronology of the introduction of the circulation of hryvnia banknotes

The table shows the dates of issue of banknotes in circulation and the signatures on banknotes.

Date on the banknote	1 hryvna	2 UAH	5 UAH	10 UAH	20 UAH	50 UAH	100 UAH	200 UAH	500 UAH
Release 1992
1992	2 September 1996 V. Getman V. Yushchenko	2 September 1996 V. Matvienko V. Getman V. Yushchenko	2 September 1996 V. Matvienko V. Getman V. Yushchenko	2 September 1996 V. Getman V. Yushchenko	2 September 1996 V. Getman V. Yushchenko
The 1994-2001 issue
(without date)						2 September 1996 V. Getman V. Yushchenko	2 September 1996 V. Getman V. Yushchenko	August 22, 2001 V. Getman
1994	2 September 1996 V. Yushchenko		September 1, 1997 V. Yushchenko	September 1, 1997 V. Yushchenko
1995	September 1, 1997 V. Yushchenko	September 1, 1997 V. Yushchenko			September 1, 1997 V. Yushchenko
1997			1 September 1998 V. Yushchenko
2000				November 8, 2000 V. Stelmach	November 20, 2000 V. Stelmach
2001		6 July 2001 V. Stelmach	5 March 2001 V. Stelmach
The release of 2003-2014
2003					1 December 2003 S. Tigipko
2004	1 December 2004 S. Tigipko	September 28, 2004 S. Tigipko	14 June 2004 S. Tigipko	1 November 2004 S. Tigipko		29 March 2004 S. Tigipko
2005	1 March 2005 V. Stelmach	June 10, 2005 V. Stelmach	18 April 2005 V. Stelmach	1 July 2005 V. Stelmach	1 August 2005 V. Stelmach	1 December 2005 V. Stelmach	20 February 2006 V. Stelmach
2006	May 22, 2006 V. Stelmach			August 2006 V. Stelmach					15 September 2006 V. Stelmach
2007								May 28, 2007 V. Stelmach
2011	September 1, 2011 S. Arbuzov	1 December 2011 S. Arbuzov	November 1, 2011 S. Arbuzov	July 1, 2011 S. Arbuzov	1 March 2012 S. Arbuzov	June 1, 2011 S. Arbuzov	1 March 2012 S. Arbuzov	November 1, 2011 S. Arbuzov	1 December 2011 S. Arbuzov
2013		April 1, 2014 I. Sorkin	1 June 2013 I. Sorkin	1 September 2013 I. Sorkin	April 1, 2014 I. Sorkin	1 September 2013 I. Sorkin		1 November 2013 I. Sorkin
2014						August 1, 2014 S. Kubiv	June 1, 2014 S. Kubiv	October 1, 2014 S. Kubiv	September 1, 2014 S. Kubiv
	December 22, 2014 V. Gontareva							December 1, 2014 V. Gontareva
Memorable banknote
2011						; 1 $ 1 October 5, 2011 S. Arbuzov
Release 2014
2014							March 9th 2015 V. Gontareva