The Ukrainian five-hryvnia note (₴5) is one of the most common banknotes of the

Ukrainian hryvnia The or ( ; uk, гривня , : ''hrn''; sign: ₴; code: UAH) has been the national currency of Ukraine since 2 September 1996. The hryvnia is divided into 100 . It is named after a measure of weight used in medieval Kievan Rus'. Name Etym ...

. The current five-hryvnia note is predominantly blue in colour. The front features a portrait of Ukrainian

Hetman ( uk, гетьман, translit=het'man) is a political title from Central and Eastern Europe, historically assigned to military commanders. Used by the Czechs in Bohemia since the 15th century. It was the title of the second-highest military co ...

Bohdan Khmelnytsky Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmelnytskyi ( Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern ua, Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький; 6 August 1657) was a Ukrainian military commander and ...

. The reverse side shows a church in his birthplace village of

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, where he is buried. An updated version of the note began circulation on 14 June 2004, with new security features. The

National Bank of Ukraine National Bank of Ukraine ( uk, Національний банк України) or NBU ( uk, НБУ) is the central bank of Ukraine – a government body responsible for unified state policy in the field of country's monetary circulation, includ ...

plans to introduce a new five- hryvnia coin, which will gradually replace the five-hryvnia note.NBU put into circulation a coin of 5 hryvnia denomination
Economichna Pravda (17 January 2019)

History

Ukrainian People's Republic

File:5hrn-dyrektoriya1.jpg, 1919 5 Hryvnia banknote, front File:UKR 1920 5 UAH rev.jpg, 1919 5 Hryvnia banknote, back

Modern Ukraine

1992

File:5-griven-front 1.jpg, 1992 5 Hryvnia banknote, front File:5 hryvnia 1992 back.jpg, 1992 5 Hryvnia banknote, back

1995

File:5 hryvnia 1995 front.jpg, 1995 5 Hryvnia banknote, front File:5 hryvnia 1995 back.jpg, 1995 5 Hryvnia banknote, back

References

{{Banknote-stub Banknotes of Ukraine Five-base-unit banknotes