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200 000 Karbovantsiv Chernobyl Disaster
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Value | 200 000 Karbovantsiv (200 000 карбованців) |
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| Reverse description | At the center of the reverse, a large bell is depicted bearing the inscription ЧОРНОБИЛЬ across its body. Beneath the bell, a horizontal band carries the commemorative dates 1986-1996, marking the ten-year anniversary of the disaster. Five flying cranes are arranged in the field — three to the left of the bell and two to its right — evoking remembrance and mourning. The circular legend ·ТРАГЕДІЯ·ПОДВИГ·ЗАСТЕРЕЖЕННЯ· (Tragedy, Feat, Warning) runs along the coin's outer circumference, with each word separated by raised dots. |
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| Reverse lettering | ·ТРАГЕДІЯ·ПОДВИГ·ЗАСТЕРЕЖЕННЯ· ЧОРНОБИЛЬ 1986-1996 (Translation: Tragedy, Feat, Warning Chernobyl 1986 - 1996) |
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Issued on the tenth anniversary of the April 1986 reactor explosion, this coin appeared while Ukraine was still managing the long-term consequences of a disaster that had occurred under Soviet administration — on territory that was then not a sovereign state. The Chernobyl exclusion zone remained actively contaminated, and the Ukrainian government was absorbing enormous costs for resettlement and medical programs even as the national currency was collapsing through hyperinflation.
The karbovanets itself was a transitional currency, introduced in 1992 and already scheduled for replacement by the hryvnia, which arrived later in 1996. This coin was commemorative from the moment it was struck — the denomination it bears had weeks left as legal tender.