Catalog
200 Karbovantsiv
| Issuer | Ukrains'ka RSR (Ukrainian SSR) |
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| Year | 1990 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | A multi-panel consumer coupon sheet issued by the Ukrainian SSR, printed on pale green paper and divided into a grid of individual detachable coupons of varying denominations (1, 3, 5, 10, 25, and 50 karbovantsiv). The central panel carries the heading УКРАЇНСЬКА РСР / КАРТКА СПОЖИВАЧА (Ukrainian SSR / Consumer Card) with a printed designation for 200 karbovantsiv valid for February 1991, accompanied by spaces for the issuing institution's name, signature, and an applied circular official stamp. Each peripheral coupon bears the legend УРСР / ДОН / КУПОН НА / [value] КРБ. / ЛЮТИЙ in Cyrillic script. |
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| Protection description | Circular official institutional stamp applied to the central panel on the obverse to authenticate the coupon sheet for a specific issuing establishment. |
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The 200 Karbovantsiv of 1990 belongs to a peculiar transitional moment — the Ukrainian SSR was still formally part of the Soviet Union when these were issued, yet the infrastructure for a separate monetary identity was already being assembled. These notes circulated alongside Soviet rubles under a coupon rationing system introduced to prevent outsiders from draining Ukrainian goods markets as the USSR began to fracture.
The "official stamp" security feature is telling: authentication relied on bureaucratic marking rather than sophisticated printing technology, reflecting both the speed of issuance and limited production resources available to a republic-level authority that had not yet fully broken from Moscow.