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20 Hryven 30 Years of Independence of Ukraine
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Value | 20 Hryven 20 UAH = USD 0.46 |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Ivan Franko (1856–1916), Ukrainian poet and author, at left centre against a guilloche underprint in blue and gold tones, with the commemorative inscription marking 30 years of Ukrainian independence. Lines of verse by Franko appear in stylised lettering alongside the numeral 20 and the national denomination text at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Lviv Opera House (Lviv National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet), constructed in 1900 to a design by architect Zygmunt Gorgolewski, rendered in intaglio against a multicolour guilloche underprint. The denomination numeral 20 appears at left and right, with the year 2018 incorporated into the design. |
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Issued on August 24, 2021, exactly thirty years after the Verkhovna Rada's declaration of independence, this commemorative note was produced in a limited run of one million pieces — deliberately modest for a country of Ukraine's size, which ensured most went straight into collections rather than tills. The NBU has form with limited commemoratives on cotton substrate, but this one carries unusual weight given that Russia's full-scale invasion followed less than six months after issue.
Printed at the NBU's own facility in Kyiv, the note never circulated in any practical sense. By February 2022, the building housing that same mint was operating under wartime conditions.