500 Hryven 300th Birth Anniversary of Hryhorii Skovoroda

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IssuerUkraine
Year2021
TypeCommemorative banknote
Value500 Hryven
CurrencyHryvnia (1996-date)
CompositionPaper
Size154 × 75 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanknote Printing and Minting Works of the National Bank of Ukraine (Банкнотно-монетний двір Національного банку), Kiev, Ukraine
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Obverse descriptionHryhorii Skovoroda (1722-1794). An outstanding Ukrainian philosopher, poet, writer, enlightener, pedagogue, and musician. He epitomized the spiritual awakening of Ukrainian society at the end of the XVIIIth century.
Reverse descriptionKyiv Mohyla Academy – the first higher education school in Ukraine founded in 1632; the largest center of general education in the XVII-XVIIIth centuries. It trained teachers for Slavo-Greek-Latin academies, clerical educators, and theological seminary teachers. H. Skovoroda was among the most famous alumni of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy.
Signature(s)Kyrylo Yevhenovych Shevchenko (KYS), Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine
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Obverse letteringНАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ Голова 300 СВІТ СКОВОРОДИ 500 УКРАЇНА Не ра́вное всѣмъ ра́венство. Льются изъ разныхъ тру́бокъ, разные токи: въ ра́зные Григорій Сковорода 500 П`ЯТСОТ ГРИВЕНЬ
(Translation: National Bank of Ukraine Head 300 Skovoroda`s world 500 Ukraine Not equal to all equality. They flow from different pipes, different currents: into different Hryhorii Skovoroda 500 500 Hryven)
Reverse lettering500 ГРИВЕНЬ 500 П`ятсот гривень Києво-Могилянська академія 2021 500
(Translation: 500 Hryven 500 500 Hryven Kyiv-Mohyla Academy 2021 500)
VariantsJanuary 2, 1911
Catalog ID9846186640
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