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20 Hryven 30 Years of Independence of Ukraine
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette carries a portrait of Ivan Franko (1856–1916), Ukrainian writer, poet, and public intellectual, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint in restrained tonal registers. To the right of the portrait, a verse excerpt from Franko's poetry is rendered in stylised Cyrillic script, accompanied by the commemorative inscription marking the 30th anniversary of Ukrainian independence. The denomination numeral '20' appears in both the upper and lower registers, flanking the issuer inscription 'НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ' in letterpress. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a fine-line intaglio vignette of the Lviv National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet (Lviv Opera House), completed in 1900 to designs by architect Zygmunt Gorgolewski, its ornate Neo-Baroque façade rendered with precise architectural detail against a structured guilloche background. The inscription 'Львівський оперний театр' and the year '2018' are integrated into the lower portion of the design. The denomination numeral '20' is repeated in the surrounding border areas in both numerical and text form. |
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Issued to mark the thirtieth anniversary of Ukraine's independence declaration on 24 August 1991, this commemorative note was produced entirely domestically — the Banknote Printing and Minting Works in Kyiv has handled Ukrainian currency production since the facility was established in the 1990s specifically to reduce dependence on foreign printers. That self-sufficiency is itself a pointed detail for an anniversary issue.
Pick W129 circulates as legal tender rather than functioning purely as a collector piece, distinguishing it from many commemorative issues of this type.