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5 Hryven Odessa National Opera and Ballet
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Value | 5 Hryven |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Ukraine's commemorative 5-hryvnia base-metal series launched in the early 2000s as a cost-conscious alternative to the silver issues, allowing the National Bank to mark cultural institutions without the expense of precious-metal strikes. The Odessa National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, opened in 1887, was designed by the Viennese firm Fellner & Helmer — the same architectural partnership responsible for dozens of opera houses across the Austro-Hungarian sphere.
The theatre was badly damaged by a fire in 1925 and underwent substantial reconstruction before reopening. Odessa itself was under Romanian administration from 1941 to 1944, during which the building continued to function as a venue.