Ukrainian hryvnia

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The Ukrainian hryvnia is the national currency of Ukraine, introduced in 1996 to replace the karbovanets and stabilize the country’s post-Soviet economy.

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Label Occurrences
Ukrainian hryvnia canonical 18
hryvnia 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fiat currency
national currency
category Currencies of Europe
Economy of Ukraine
centralBank National Bank of Ukraine
country Ukraine
denominationType banknote
coin
exchangeRateRegime managed float
hasBanknotesIssuedBy National Bank of Ukraine
hasCoinsIssuedBy National Bank of Ukraine
hasSecurityFeatures holographic elements on some banknotes
microprinting on banknotes
security threads on banknotes
watermarks on banknotes
hasSubunitSymbol коп.
introduced 1996
introducedToReplace hyperinflationary karbovanets
isLegalTenderSince September 1996
ISO4217Code UAH
issuingAuthority National Bank of Ukraine
languageOfName Ukrainian
legalTenderIn Ukraine
monetaryAuthorityJurisdiction Ukraine
monetarySystem decimal
monitoredBy National Bank of Ukraine
numericISOCode 980
officialNameInUkrainian гривня
pluralFormInUkrainian гривень
гривні
precededBy Soviet ruble
surface form: Soviet ruble (in Ukrainian SSR)
purposeOfIntroduction post‑Soviet economic stabilization
region Eastern Europe
replacedCurrency Ukrainian karbovanets
status current currency
subunit kopiyka
subunitToUnit 100
symbol
usedBy businesses in Ukraine
residents of Ukraine
usedFor cash payments
non‑cash payments
usedIn domestic trade in Ukraine
government budgeting in Ukraine
tax payments in Ukraine

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Ukrainian karbovanets followedBy Ukrainian hryvnia
Ukrainian karbovanets replacedBy Ukrainian hryvnia
Ukraine currency Ukrainian hryvnia
Kyiv usesCurrency Ukrainian hryvnia
UAH represents Ukrainian hryvnia
UAH currencyNameInEnglish Ukrainian hryvnia
UAH currencyNameTransliteration Ukrainian hryvnia
this entity surface form: hryvnia
National Bank of Ukraine currencyIssued Ukrainian hryvnia
Kovel Raion usesCurrency Ukrainian hryvnia
Economy of Ukraine currency Ukrainian hryvnia
Ochakiv Raion usedCurrency Ukrainian hryvnia
UAK replacedBy Ukrainian hryvnia
NBU issues Ukrainian hryvnia
Ivanychi usesCurrency Ukrainian hryvnia
Kremenchuk usesCurrency Ukrainian hryvnia
Sumy usesCurrency Ukrainian hryvnia
Zhytomyr Raion usesCurrency Ukrainian hryvnia
Republic of Crimea previousCurrency Ukrainian hryvnia
Mariupol Raion usesCurrency Ukrainian hryvnia
National symbols of Ukraine name Ukrainian hryvnia
subject surface form: National currency of Ukraine
this entity surface form: hryvnia