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20 Hryven Ivan Franko, 160 Years Anniversary
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Printer | Banknote Printing and Minting Works of the National Bank of Ukraine (Банкнотно-монетний двір Національного банку), Kiev, Ukraine |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Ivan Franko (1856–1916), Ukrainian writer and polymath, occupies the central field, rendered in intaglio against a multicolour guilloche underprint. Commemorative inscriptions mark the 160th anniversary of his birth alongside an excerpt from his verse, arranged within the upper and lower lettering bands. The denomination '20' appears in large numerals at left, with the issuer's title and national identification across the top margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents an architectural 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 against a decorative guilloche underprint. The building's ornate Neo-Baroque façade is depicted in fine line-engraved detail, with the denomination '20' and the issue year '2016' placed within the surrounding lettering panels. |
| Reverse lettering | 20 ГРИВЕНЬ 20 Двадцять гривень Львівський оперний театр 2016 20 (Translation: 20 HRYVEN 20 Twenty hryvnias Lviv Opera House 2016 20) |
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