Currently we do not buy Ukrainian Hryvnia
UAH – Ukrainian Hryvnia
Monetary System
1917-1920: 1 karbovanets = 100 kopiyok = 2 hryvni = 200 shahiv
1991-1996: 1 karbovanets (UAK) = 100 kopiyok
02.09.1996: 1 Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH) = 100 kopiyok
Currency Issuer
National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).
For more information, visit www.bank.gov.ua.
2023 Numismatic Products
This note entitled “We will note forget! We will not forgive!” commemorates “Ukraine’s struggle against the Russian invaders and celebrates the fortitude, resilience, indomitability, and heroism of Ukrainians.” It was issued on the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It is considered legal tender, but is sold at a premium to face value.
Description: 20.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 80 x 165 mm
Blue, purple, yellow, red, green, brown, and black. Front (vertical): English and Ukrainian text; coat of arms; flags of allies United Kingdom, European Union, United States, and Canada; Oleksandr Smirnov’s photo of three Ukrainian soldiers wearing uniforms, hoisting Ukrainian state flag; fragment of map of Ukraine; stylized steppe with poppies symbolizing Ukraine’s dead defenders; laurel wreath; symbol of hryvnia, logotype of National Bank of Ukraine, shoulder patch of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, emblem of Ukraine’s Armed Forces; coat of arms as registration device. Back (vertical): Ukrainian text; coat of arms as registration device; outlines of destroyed houses; crown of thorns; guilder rose and anti-tank hedgehog as SPARK device; hands tied behind a person’s back; stylized poppies representing bullet wounds. 12-mm wide security thread. Watermark: Electrotype coat of arms on leaves and grapes. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 80 x 165 mm. Paper. This note was designed by Volodymyr Taran.
2021 -2022 Numismatic Products
Description: 20.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 130 x 69 mm
Green, blue, and brown. Front: Ukrainian text; denomination as registration device; writer Ivan Franko, coat of arms; 160 pokie in SPARK. Back: Ukrainian text; Theater of Opera and Ballet in Lviv; statue of winged woman holding fern, from roof of building. RAPID windowed security thread. Solid security thread with demetalized 20 I-PH and trident. Watermark: Ivan Franko and electrotype 20. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 130 x 69 mm. Paper.
Description: 500.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 154 x 75 mm
Beige, brown, green, blue, and pink. Front: Ukrainian text; denomination as registration device; 300th anniversary logo in OVI; philosopher, poet, writer, pedagogue, and musician Hryhorii Skovoroda; coat of arms; fountain; open book with quill in gold-to-green SPARK. Back: Ukrainian text; Mohyla Academy building in Kiev; academy seal. Motion windowed security thread with demetalized 500. Solid security thread with demetalized 500 rPH and trident. Watermark: Hryhorii Skovoroda and electrotype 500. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 154 x 75 mm. Paper.
2021 Commemorative Issues
These notes commemorate the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. They are like the preceding issues, but with 30th anniversary logo in OW at left center front. These notes are reportedly also available as numismatic products in envelopes and binders.
Description: 20.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 130 x 69 mm
Green, blue, and brown. Front: Ukrainian text; denomination as registration device; 30th anniversary logo in OVI; writer Ivan Franko, coat of arms; geometric shape in SPARK. Back: Ukrainian text; Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Lois; statue of winged woman holding fern, from roof of building. Motion windowed security thread. Solid security thread with demetalized 20 rPH and trident. Watermark: Ivan Franko and electrotype 20. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 130 x 69 mm. Paper.
Description: 50.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 136 x 72 mm
Green, blue, and brown. Front: Ukrainian text; denomination as registration device; 30th anniversary logo in OVI; Violet, brown, purple, blue, and red. Front: Ukrainian text; stylized flower; denomination as registration device; 30th anniversary logo in OVI; historian Mykhailo Hrushevskyi; coat of arms; man on horse; banner in SPARK. Back: Ukrainian text; Verkhovna Rada (parliament building) in Kiev flanked by woman and man. Solid security thread with demetalized 50 I-PH and trident. Watermark: Mykhailo Hrushevskyi and electrotype 50. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 136 x 72 mm. Paper.
Description: 100.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 142 x 75 mm
Olive green, brown, red, and purple. Front: Ukrainian text; 30th anniversary logo in OVI; denomination as registration device; artist Taras Shevchenko; coat of arms; painter’s palette and brushes in gold-to-green SPARK. Back: Ukrainian text; Taras Shevchenko National University building in Kyiv. Motion windowed security thread with demetalized 100. Solid security thread with demetalized 1001-PH and trident. Watermark: Taras Shevchenko and electrotype 100. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 142 x 75 mm. Paper.
Description: 200.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 140 x 75 mm
Pink and blue. Front: Ukrainian text; stylized tree; denomination as registration device; 30th anniversary logo in OVI; poet and writer Lesya Ukrainka; coat of arms; waterlily in SPARK; wreath. Back: Ukrainian text; trees outside Tower of Lubart’s Castle in Lutsk; birds in flight. Motion windowed security thread with demetalized 200. Solid security thread with demetalized 200 I-PH and trident. Watermark: Lesya Ukrainka and electrotype 200. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 140 x 75 mm. Paper.
Description: 500.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 154 x 75 mm
Beige, brown, green, blue, and pink. Front: Ukrainian text; 30th anniversary logo in OVI; denomination as registration device; philosopher, poet, writer, pedagogue, and musician Hryhorii Skovoroda; coat of arms; fountain; open book with quill in gold-to-green SPARK. Back: Ukrainian text; Mohyla Academy building in IGev; academy seal. Motion windowed security thread with demetalized 500. Solid security thread with demetalized 500 I-PH and trident. Watermark: Hryhorii Skovoroda and electrotype 500. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 154 x 75 mm. Paper.
Description: 1,000.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 160 x 75 mm
Blue. Front: Ukrainian text; denomination as registration device; 30th anniversary logo in OVI; Volodymyr Vernadskyi, coat of arms; floral shape in gold-to-green SPARK Back: Ukrainian text; Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Motion windowed security thread. Solid security thread with demetalized 10001-PH and trident. Watermark: Volodymyr Vernadskyi and electrotype 1000. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 160 x 75 mm. Paper.
2014 – 2019 Issues
In 2014, the National Bank of Ukraine began enhancing the security of its banknotes, beginning with redesigned 100- and 500-hryvnia notes which have windowed security threads and SPARK features. A revised 20-hryvnia note was introduced in 2018, followed by a new denomination of 1,000 hryven in 2019. Enhanced 50- and 200-hryvnia notes were introduced in late 2019 and early 2020, respectively, thereby completing the enhanced family.
Description: 20.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 130 x 69 mm
Green, blue, and brown. Front: Ukrainian text; denomination as registration device; writer Ivan Franko, coat of arms; geometric shapein SPARK. Back: Ukrainian text; Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Lviv; statue of winged woman holding fern, from roof of building. Motion windowed security thread. Solid security thread with demetalized 20 ГРН and trident. Watermark: Ivan Franko and electrotype 20. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 130 x 69 mm. Paper.
Description: 50.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 136 x 72 mm
Violet, brown, purple, blue, and red. Front: Ukrainian text; stylized flower; denomination as registration device; historian Mykhailo Hrushevskyi; coat of arms; man on horse; bannerin SPARK. Back: Ukrainian text; Verkhovna Rada (parliament building) in Kiev flanked by woman and man. Solid security thread with demetalized 50 ГРН and trident. Watermark: Mykhailo Hrushevskyi and electrotype 50. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 136 x 72 mm. Paper.
Description: 100.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 142 x 75 mm
Olive green, brown, red, and purple. Front: Ukrainian text; denomination as registration device; artist Taras Shevchenko; coat of arms; painter’s palette and brushes in gold-to-green SPARK. Back: Ukrainian text; Taras Shevchenko National University building in Kyiv. Motion windowed security thread with demetalized 100. Solid security thread with demetalized 100 ГРН and trident. Watermark: Taras Shevchenko and electrotype 100.Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 142 x 75 mm. Paper.
The date of introduction of this note is the 201st birthday of Taras Shevchenko.
Description: 200.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 148 x 75 mm
Pink and blue. Front: Ukrainian text; stylized tree; denomination as registration device; poet and writer Lesya Ukrainka; coat of arms; waterlily in SPARK; wreath. Back: Ukrainian text; trees outside Tower of Lubart’s Castle in Lutsk; birds in flight. Motion windowed security thread with demetalized 200. Solid security thread with demetalized 200 ГРНand trident. Watermark: Lesya Ukrainka and electrotype hyrvnia symbol (backwards S with two horizontal bars). Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 148 x 75 mm. Paper.
Description: 500.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 154 x 75 mm
Beige, brown, green, blue, and pink. Front: Ukrainian text; denomination as registration device; philosopher, poet, writer, pedagogue, and musician Hryhorii Skovoroda; coat of arms; fountain; open book with quill in gold-to-green SPARK. Back: Ukrainian text; Mohyla Academy building in Kiev; academy seal. Motion windowed security thread with demetalized 500. Solid security thread with demetalized 500 ГРН and trident. Watermark: Hryhorii Skovoroda and electrotype hyrvnia symbol (backwards S with two horizontal bars). Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 154 x 75 mm. Paper.
Description: 1,000.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 160 x 75 mm
Blue. Front: Ukrainian text; denomination as registration device; Volodymyr Vernadskyi, coat of arms; floral shapein gold-to-green SPARK. Back: Ukrainian text; Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Motion windowed security thread. Solid security thread with demetalized 1000 ГРН and trident. Watermark: Volodymyr Vernadskyi and electrotype 1000. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 160 x 75 mm. Paper.
2018 Numismatic Products
On 17 December 2018, the National Bank of Ukraine introduced a souvenir 100-hryvnia note commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Ukrainian Revolution. 100,000 notes were packaged in folders at 70 hryven each.
Description: 100.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 170 x 80 mm
Blue, orange, purple, and pink. Front: Ukrainian text; coat of arms; reproduction of 1918 100-hryvnia note;100 років in SPARK. Back: Ukrainian text; reproduction of 1918 100-hryvnia note. Solid security thread. Watermark: Coat of arms. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 170 x 80 mm. Paper.
2017 Numismatic Products
On 29 December 2017, the National Bank of Ukraine introduced a souvenir 100-karbovantsiv note commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first Ukrainian banknotes. 80,000 notes in folders were offered for sale at 42 hryven each. An additional 20,000 notes were packaged in folders with a medal for 156 hryven each.
Description: 100.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 170 x 80 mm
Yellow, orange, purple, blue, and green. Front: Ukrainian text; coat of arms; reproduction of 1917 100-karbovantsiv note;100 років in SPARK. Back: Ukrainian text; reproduction of 1917 100-karbovantsiv note. Unknown security thread. Watermark: Coat of arms. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 170 x 80 mm. Paper.
2016 Numismatic Products
On 26 August 2016, the National Bank of Ukraine unveiled a note commemorating the 160th birthday of the Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko. The note substrate has Ukrainian flax added to reduce the cost of production and increase strength. One million notes were offered for sale beginning 1 September 2016, with 20,000 notes packaged with a simple folder at 31 hryven each, and the remaining notes alone available for 27 hryven each.
Description: 20.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 130 x 69 mm
Green, blue, and brown. Front: Ukrainian text; denomination as registration device; writer Ivan Franko, coat of arms; 160 років in SPARK. Back: Ukrainian text; Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Lviv; statue of winged woman holding fern, from roof of building. RAPID windowed security thread. Solid security thread with demetalized 20 ГРН and trident. Watermark: Ivan Franko and electrotype 20. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 130 x 69 mm. Paper.
Description: 50.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 136 x 72 mm
Yellow and violet. Front: Ukrainian text; coat of arms; man on horse; Historian Mykhailo Hrushevskyi. Back: Ukrainian text; bank logo; Verkhovna Rada (parliament building) in Kiev flanked by woman and man. Solid security thread with demetalized 50 ГРН and trident. Watermark: Mykhailo Hrushevskyi and electrotype 50. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 136 x 72 mm. Paper.
2003 – 2015 Issues
The signatures on these notes may appear to have been issued out of order, but in fact are correct because Volodymyr Stelmakh (signature 4) served as governor both before and after Sergiy Tigipko (signature 5). On 14 March 2018, the National Bank of Ukraine announced that it would stop issuing banknotes of 1, 2, 5, and 10 hryven, and would gradually replace worn notes with coins of the same denominations. However, the bank has since sold 60-note sheets of legal tender 1- and 2-hryven notes dated 2018 with signature 10. Any such individual notes have been cut from sheets.
Description: 1.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 118 x 63 mm
Gray-green, violet, and purple. Front: Ukrainian text; coat of arms; Grand Prince of Kiev, Vladimir the Great. Back: Ukrainian text; bank logo; Vladimir’s burg in Kiev, with walled fortifications and churches; eagle, cross, mace, ax, and sword. Solid security thread with demetalized 1 ГРН and trident. Watermark: Vladimir the Great and electrotype 1. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 118 x 63 mm. Paper.
Description: 1.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 118 x 63 mm
Yellow and blue. Front: Ukrainian text; coat of arms; Grand Prince of Kiev, Vladimir the Great. Back: Ukrainian text; bank logo; Vladimir’s burg in Kiev, with walled fortifications and churches; eagle, cross, mace, ax, and sword. Solid security thread with demetalized 1 ГРН and trident. Watermark: Vladimir the Great and electrotype hyrvnia symbol (backwards S with two horizontal bars). Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 118 x 63 mm. Paper.
Description: 2.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 118 x 63 mm
Brown. Front: Ukrainian text; coat of arms; Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev Yaroslav I the Wise. Back: Ukrainian text; bank logo; Saint Sophia’s Cathedral in Kiev; bowl, helmet, swords, and document. Solid security thread with demetalized 2 ГРН and trident. Watermark: Yaroslav I the Wise and electrotype 2. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 118 x 63 mm. Paper.
Description: 5.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 118 x 63 mm
Blue, green, and red. Front: Ukrainian text; coat of arms; Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky. Back: Ukrainian text; bank logo; Illinska Church in Subotiv; quiver of arrows, bow, spears, mace, flintlock pistol, and swords. Solid security thread with demetalized 5 ГРН and trident. Watermark: Bohdan Khmelnytsky and electrotype 5. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 118 x 63 mm. Paper.
Description: 10.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 124 x 66 mm
Pink. Front: Ukrainian text; coat of arms; Cossack Hetman Ivan Mazepa. Back: Ukrainian text; bank logo; Cathedral of the Assumption in Kiev; quill in inkwell, books, kobza, candle, and tambourine. Solid security thread with demetalized 10 ГРН and trident. Watermark: Ivan Mazepa and electrotype 10. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 124 x 66 mm. Paper.
Description: 10.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 124 x 66 mm
Pink. Front: Ukrainian text; coat of arms; Cossack Hetman Ivan Mazepa. Back: Ukrainian text; bank logo; Cathedral of the Assumption in Kiev; quill in inkwell, books, kobza, candle, and tambourine. Solid security thread with demetalized 10 ГРН and trident. Watermark: Ivan Mazepa and electrotype 10. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 124 x 66 mm. Paper.
Like previous one, but portrait and cathedral gray, not brown.
Description: 20.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 130 x 69 mm
Green, blue, and brown. Front: Ukrainian text; coat of arms; writer Ivan Franko. Back: Ukrainian text; bank logo; Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Lviv; statue of winged woman holding fern, from roof of building. Solid security thread with demetalized 20 ГРН and trident. Watermark: Ivan Franko and electrotype 20. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 130 x 69 mm. Paper.
Description: 50.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 136 x 72 mm
Yellow and violet. Front: Ukrainian text; coat of arms; man on horse; Historian Mykhailo Hrushevskyi. Back: Ukrainian text; bank logo; Verkhovna Rada (parliament building) in Kiev flanked by woman and man. Solid security thread with demetalized 50 ГРН and trident. Watermark: Mykhailo Hrushevskyi and electrotype 50. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 136 x 72 mm. Paper.
Description: 100.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 142 x 75 mm
Olive green, burgundy, and yellow. Front: Ukrainian text; coat of arms; painter’s palette and brushes; artist Taras Shevchenko. Back: Ukrainian text; bank logo; Chernecha mountain landscape near Chercasy; kobzar (Ukrainian bard playing the kobza) and guide boy. Solid security thread with demetalized 100 ГРН and trident. Watermark: Taras Shevchenko and electrotype 100. Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 142 x 75 mm. Paper.
Description: 200.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 148 x 75 mm
Pink and blue. Front: Ukrainian text; poet and writer Lesya Ukrainka; coat of arms; building; wreath; denomination as registration device. Back: Ukrainian text; bird; Tower of Lubart’s Castle in Lutsk. Solid security thread with demetalized 200 ГРН and trident. Watermark: Lesya Ukrainka and electrotype hyrvnia symbol (backwards S with two horizontal bars). Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 148 x 75 mm. Paper.
Description: 500.00 UAH – Ukraine Hryvnia Size: 154 x 75 mm
Beige, brown, green, blue, and pink. Front: Ukrainian text; violin; philosopher, poet, writer, pedagogue, and musician Hryhorii Skovoroda; coat of arms; fountain; denomination as registration device. Back: Ukrainian text; equilateral triangle with eye at center; Mohyla Academy building in Kiev; academy seal. Solid security thread with demetalized 500 ГРНand trident. Watermark: Hryhorii Skovoroda and electrotype hyrvnia symbol (backwards S with two horizontal bars). Printer: (National Bank of Ukraine). 154 x 75 mm. Paper.
Ukraine
With the collapse of the Russian and Austrian empires following World War I and the Russian Revolution of 1917, a Ukrainian national movement for self-determination developed and several separate Ukrainian states briefly emerged: the Ukrainian People’s Republic, the Hetmanate, the Directorate, and the pro-Bolshevik Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (or Soviet Ukraine).
Extras
• On 13 October 2017, the National Bank of Ukraine announced that effective 17 October, all Ukrainian financial institutions are forbidden from performing any cash transactions with “notes and coins issued by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation in case they contain images of maps, symbols, buildings, monuments, archeological or historical artefacts, and landscapes of any other objects located on Ukrainian administrative territorial units occupied by the Russian Federation and/or bear texts related to occupation of Ukraine’s territories by the Russian Federation.”
• On 26 November 2020, the National Bank of Ukraine introduced a souvenir note without denomination commemorating Leonid Kadenyuk, the first cosmonaut of independent Ukraine. 10,000 notes were sold individually, and 40,000 notes packaged in folders.
