Catalog
10 Shahiv
| Issuer | Ukrainian People's Republic |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Size | 52 x 62 mm |
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| Obverse description | The trident arms of the Ukrainian People's Republic occupy the central vignette, framed by stylized floral and foliate ornamental motifs in a folk-art manner, all printed in brownish-tan on cream cardboard. The issuer inscription in Cyrillic runs in two lines across the upper register, while the denomination numerals '10' appear at both lower corners flanking the Cyrillic denomination text in the bottom panel. The note has perforated edges reminiscent of a postage stamp, reflecting its emergency small-change issue format. |
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| Reverse description | The trident arms of the Ukrainian People's Republic are printed in brown at upper centre within a simple single-line rectangular border frame. Below the arms, four lines of Cyrillic text in plain serif typeface state the note's legal equivalency to metallic coinage, all on plain cream cardboard with perforated edges consistent with the stamp-money format. |
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The 10 Shahiv was issued by the Ukrainian People's Republic during one of the most chaotic periods in modern European history — the UPR was simultaneously fighting Bolshevik forces, negotiating the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, and attempting to build functioning state institutions from scratch. Small-denomination notes like this one were produced on cardboard stock specifically to substitute for hoarded copper and silver coinage, which had effectively vanished from circulation by early 1918.
The cardboard construction makes survivors particularly vulnerable to corner splits and delamination. Intact examples are harder to find than the scarcity figures alone suggest.