Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) hryvnia note
- Ukraine, 2014
- Obverse Image: Volodymyr the Great (c. 958-1015), Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Kieva.
- Obverse Text: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇИ / ВОЛОДИМИР ВЕЛИКИЙ / ОДНА ГРИВНЯ
- Reverse Image: The Volodymyr I's Fortress Wall in Kyiv.
- Reverse Text: ОДНА ГРИВНЯ / СГ2278251 / 2014 / ГРАД ВОЛОДИМИРА КИЄВІ
- Description
- In December 1991, Ukrainians held a democratic referendum and voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union. Ukraine’s national currency links the modern nation to its medieval origins. Its banknotes—called hryvnia, after the medieval silver ingots made in Kyiv—depict historic leaders.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 2014
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6.25 cm x 11.8 cm x .01 cm; 2 15/32 in x 4 21/32 in x in
- Object Name
- note
