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Ukraine - 100 Hryven - P-126 - 2014 dated Foreign Paper Money

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Ukraine - 100 Hryven - P-126 - 2014 dated Foreign Paper Money
Country: Ukraine
Denomination: 100 Hryven
Years: 2014 (2015)

P-126. Improved Note. The hryvnia or hryvnya has been the national currency of Ukraine since 2 September 1996. The hryvnia is divided into 100 kopiyok. It is named after a measure of weight used in medieval Kievan Rus'.

The currency of Kievan Rus' in the eleventh century was called grivna. The word is thought to derive from the Slavic griva; c.f. Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian, and Serbo-Croatian ????? / griva, meaning "mane". It might have indicated something valuable worn around the neck, usually made of silver or gold; c.f. Bulgarian and Serbian grivna (??????, "bracelet"). Later, the word was used to describe silver or gold ingots of a certain weight. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_hryvnia

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Condition: C.U.
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Price: $74.00