Catalog
100 Hryven
| Issuer | Derzhavna Skarbnytsya (State Treasury of Ukraine) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The Ukrainian trident (tryzub) state arms at upper centre, flanked by decorative floral and rope-style guilloche borders. The central panel bears the Cyrillic inscription 'СТО ГРИВЕНЬ' (One Hundred Hryven) within an ornate cartouche, with the year '1918' appearing on both sides. Two facsimile signatures appear below — those of the Director and Accountant of the State Treasury — accompanied by series and serial number designations, and a validity date at the bottom. |
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| Reverse lettering | Постанова про білети Державної Скарбниці 1918 року Відсотки нараховуються з 1 січня 1918 р. 100 |
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The Derzhavna Skarbnytsya — the State Treasury of the Ukrainian People's Republic — issued this note during one of the most chaotic intervals in Ukrainian political history. Between late 1917 and late 1918, the UNR government changed hands and allegiances repeatedly, cycling through conflict with Bolshevik forces, German occupation under the Hetmanate, and then renewed collapse. Treasury notes of this denomination were produced domestically under severe material constraints, and the printing quality reflects those pressures.
Pick 13 is among the higher-denomination Treasury obligations of the series, issued as the UNR struggled to maintain a functioning monetary system independent of the Russian ruble. That project effectively ended before the notes could establish any real economic foothold.