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Also known as UAK

The Karbovanets (, plural: карбованці, karbovantsi for 2–4, or карбованців, karbovantsiv for 5 or more), also colloquially known as kupon (, plural: купони, kupony) or coupon from the banknote printing, is a former unit of currency in Ukraine in four separate periods of the 20th century. It is also a predecessor currency of today's Ukrainian hryvnia. The karbovanets was subdivided into one hundred kopiykas, but no denominations in kopiykas were ever issued, owing to inflation.

Key facts

Currency.local_name
український карбованець
Currency.local_name_lang
uk
Currency.image_1
Ukraine-1991-Bill-1-Obverse.jpg
Currency.image_title_1
1 karbovanets
Currency.image_2
1,000,000 Karbovantsiv (1995 obverse).jpg
Currency.image_title_2
1,000,000 karbovantsiv
Currency.iso_code
UAK
Currency.using_countries
Ukrainian People's Republic (1st) Ukrainian State (2nd) Reichskommissariat Ukraine (3rd) (4th)
Currency.subunit_name_1
kopiyka (копійка)
Currency.plural
karbovantsi (nom. pl.), karbovantsiv (gen. pl.)
Currency.plural_subunit_1
kopiyky (nom. pl.), kopiyok (gen. pl.)
Currency.used_banknotes
1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10,000, 20,000, 50,000, 100,000, 200,000, 500,000, 1,000,000 karbovantsiv
Currency.issuing_authority
National Bank of Ukraine
Currency.obsolete
yes

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Wikidata facts

Country
Ukraine
Followed by
hryvnia
Image
1,000,000 Karbovantsiv (1995 obverse).jpg
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applies to jurisdiction
Ukraine
end time
1996-00-00
on focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Ukraine
unit symbol
UAK
Commons category
Karbovantsi
central bank/issuer
National Bank of Ukraine
start time
1992-01-10
replaced by
hryvnia
native label
украї́нський карбо́ванець
replaces
Soviet ruble
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Encyclopedic overview

17 sections
Contents
  • History
  • First karbovanets (1917–1920)
  • Ukrainian Central Rada (1917–1918)
  • Second karbovanets'
  • Ukrainian State Government (1918)
  • Ukrainian Directorate (1918–1920)
  • Ukrainian SSR (1919–1920)
  • Third karbovanets (1942–1945)
  • Fourth Karbovanets (1992–1996)
  • Banknotes
  • First Karbovanets
  • Second karbovanets
  • Third karbovanets
  • Commemorative and anniversary coins
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

The Karbovanets (, plural: карбованці, karbovantsi for 2–4, or карбованців, karbovantsiv for 5 or more), also colloquially known as kupon (, plural: купони, kupony) or coupon from the banknote printing, is a former unit of currency in Ukraine in four separate periods of the 20th century. It is also a predecessor currency of today's Ukrainian hryvnia. The karbovanets was subdivided into one hundred kopiykas, but no denominations in kopiykas were ever issued, owing to inflation.

In the ISO 4217 standard, the official name is listed as either misspelled as karbovanet or correctly spelled as karbovanets likewise to the English version of the National Bank of Ukraine's website refers to it as Karbovanets. The ISO 4217 standard code for the currency is UAK.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ukrainian karbovanets” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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