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500 Hryven Glory to Ukraine
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Size | 154 × 75 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | 500 ГРИВЕНЬ 500 П`ятсот гривень СЛАВА УКРАЇНІ! ГЕРОЯМ СЛАВА! Києво-Могилянська академія 2024 500 (Translation: 500 Hryven 500 500 Hryven GLORY TO UKRAINE! GLORY TO THE HEROES! Kyiv-Mohyla Academy 2024 500) |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, Color-shifting ink |
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Introduced in 2024 as Ukraine's first new banknote denomination since the full-scale Russian invasion of February 2022, this 500 hryvnia note carries the phrase "Slava Ukraini" — Glory to Ukraine — as an explicit statement of national defiance during active wartime. The decision to issue a new high-denomination note while the country remains under sustained military attack is itself unusual in modern central banking; most wartime economies defer such projects entirely.
Printed domestically at the NBU's own facility in Kyiv, a city that had been under missile attack repeatedly in the preceding two years.