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50 Hryven 'Unity Saves the World'
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Reference(s) | TBB#W137 |
| Obverse description | The central vignette presents a stylized outline of Ukraine rendered in the form of a heart with branching vessels, set against a background image of a girl wearing a military helmet and gazing westward. In the lower portion, a globe underprint highlights a stylized map of Europe from which routes of aid and support radiate toward Ukraine, interspersed with stylized hearts symbolizing sacrifice and compassion. Security and decorative elements occupy the upper register, including a watermark zone flanked by the small State Coat of Arms and the inscription UKRAINE to the left, and a through-element chevron of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a tactile circle for the visually impaired to the right, while below the watermark a translucent strip bearing the NBU logo overprint, a guilloche composition of filled and contoured squares marked with the denomination, and the central inscription UNITY SAVES THE WORLD with bilingual Ukrainian and English text blocks complete the design, together with the vertical inscription NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE, the Chairman's signature, and the denomination FIFTY HRYVEN in the lower portion. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 П'ЯТДЕСЯТ ГРИВЕНЬ ЄДНІСТЬ - СИЛА 50₴ (Translation: 50 FIFTY HRYVNIAS UNITY IS STRENGTH 50₴) |
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Issued in 2024 while the war with Russia remains ongoing, this commemorative note carries an explicit political message — the title phrase is not decorative but a direct articulation of Ukrainian policy and international appeal during the conflict. Produced entirely at the NBU's own Kyiv facility, the note signals a deliberate choice to keep wartime commemorative printing on domestic soil despite the obvious logistical pressures of operating a banknote works in a country under active bombardment.
The Taran/Kharuk design team has handled most of Ukraine's significant commemorative output over the past two decades. This is among the relatively few Ukrainian notes to carry a named designer credit in catalog records.