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1000 Hryven
| Issuer | Ukrainian People's Republic |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Central oval vignette encloses a portrait of Bohdan Khmelnytsky in period costume, set within an elaborate baroque cartouche flanked by large trident devices. The heading УКРАЇНСЬКА НАРОДНЯ РЕСПУБЛІКА is inscribed across the top in Cyrillic, with the denomination 1000 ГРИВЕНЬ in bold numerals and lettering below. Guilloche underprint panels in olive-green fill the side fields, and the date 1920 appears at lower centre. |
| Reverse lettering | УКРАЇНСЬКА НАРОДНЯ РЕСПУБЛІКА 1000 ГРИВЕНЬ 1920 |
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The Ukrainian People's Republic issued this note during one of the most chaotic periods in its short existence — 1920 was the year the UNR government was effectively a government in exile, fighting simultaneously against Bolshevik forces from the east and the Polish-Soviet War raging across its territory. Currency printing continued as a political act as much as an economic one, with multiple denominations produced in rapid succession despite the UNR having lost control of Kyiv.
Pick 28 belongs to a series printed under severely constrained conditions. Paper quality and ink consistency vary noticeably across surviving examples — not counterfeiting, but a direct consequence of wartime supply disruption.