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75 Karbovantsiv
| Issuer | Ukrainska RSR (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic) |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| In circulation to | 1992 |
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| Obverse description | Consumer coupon booklet (Картка споживача) issued by the Ukrainian SSR, with a total face value of 75 karbovantsiv, comprising individual ration coupons of 1, 3, 5, and 10 karbovantsiv arranged in a grid format on a light blue guilloche underprint. The central panel bears the title inscription in Ukrainian and states the validity period as November 1990, with an official handwritten entry and an ink stamp applied to the issuing authority panel. Each coupon cell carries the legend «УРСР» and the denomination in karbovantsiv. |
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| Reverse lettering | 3 |
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The 75 karbovantsiv denomination is an outlier — Soviet-era Ukrainian banknotes almost universally followed round-figure denominations, and this value was issued specifically to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Zaporozhian Sich, the semi-autonomous Cossack polity that became a central symbol of Ukrainian national identity. Issuing a commemorative paper note in a denomination with no routine transactional utility was itself an unusual concession by Soviet authorities, coming at a moment when Moscow's grip on the republics was visibly loosening.
The note was never intended for general circulation and most examples remained unhandled.