2022-02-19 Sat

The National Bank of Ukraine issued a commemorative noncirculating 100-hryvnia banknote in the year 2019 which is retro in appearance. The note was issued to celebrate the 100th anniversaries of both the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917 to 1921 and the introduction of the first banknotes of an independent Ukraine.

A third anniversary dates from the spring of 1918 when the Ukrainian government decided to change the name of its domestic money from “rubles” to “hryvnia.” This was to emphasize the continuity of national traditions dating to the time of Kievan Rus, the mostly East Slavic state that was centered in Kiev from the ninth to the 12th century.

The note’s face has the denomination within a wreath of flowers, fruits, vegetables, and wheat. On the left side is a woman wearing a national costume with a wheat sheaf and a sickle in her hand. To the right is a man in an apron leaning on a large hammer wrapped with laurel.

Inscriptions and the denomination on the back appear below another wreath of plants and fruit suspended from a pair of ornate columns. A trident in a laurel wreath is in the center. The watermark in the paper is also a trident. Stylized images of Ukrainian flags take on a yellow-blue glow when viewed under ultraviolet light.

Image Courtesy: coinworld.com