Banknote Ukraine 500 Hryvnia Designed in 2006 signature Stelmakh

Description

500 Hryvnia Banknote Designed in 2006
Main picture of the front side — A portrait of HRYHORYI SKOVORODA
Main picture of the back side — The building of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy
Size — 75 x 154 мм
Print date — 2006
In circulation date — 15.09.2006
Front side of the banknote
On the front of the note to the left of the center there is a portrait of Hryhorii Skovoroda in dark brown ink. Near the portrait on the right there is the legend ГРИГОРІЙ СКОВОРОДА (Hryhorii Skovoroda) and his years of life in green ink.
On the right of the portrait along the upper side of the note there is the Small National Emblem of Ukraine and the legend УКРАЇНА in dark brown ink.
At the top of the watermark area along the upper side of the note there is the legend НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ in dark brown and green inks under which there is a signature of the NBU Governor and the legend ГОЛОВА in dark brown ink.
In the middle of the right side of the note there is a symbol for the partially-sighted in the form of three vertical dots in dark brown ink.
On the right of the portrait beneath the legend УКРАЇНА there is a rhombus divided into four fragments of different sizes. The color of the rhombus switches from purple (crimson-violet) to olive-green when viewed at different angels.
Parts of the figures comprising the see-through element, the numerical indication of the denomination 500, are printed in a blank space in the shape of a parallelogram that adjoins the watermark area at the top.
Along the left short side of the note there is the legend П'ЯТСОТ ГРИВЕНЬ and the numerical indication of the denomination 500: the word П'ЯТСОТ in dark brown ink, the word ГРИВЕНЬ printed in a contour against a green background, the upper part of the numerical indication of the denomination 500 in green ink, the lower part whereof printed in a contour against a green background.
In the bottom right-hand corner there is the numerical indication of the denomination 500 in dark brown and green inks. In the background there is an image of a fountain with the inscription НЕРАВНОЕ ВСЕМ РАВЕНСТВО, the author’s picture to one of his works.
There are guilloche and antiscanning grids on the front of the note.
Back side of the banknote
In the background of the back of the note there is a building of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy the color whereof changes from green to blue. Under the building on the left there is the legend КИЇВ 2006 in green ink. Above the building there is a decorative element in the form of a negative image of the Kyiv Mohyla Acadymy seal used in the 18th century. On the left of the building there is a graphic representation of Hryhorii Skovoroda's picture to one of his works.
Along the left side of the note there is the vertical legend УКРАЇНА Along the right side of the note against a light brown background there is the legend ГРИВЕНЬ in a contour type on the edges whereof there are the numerical indications of the denomination 500 in blue ink.
At the top of the note in the center there is the italicized legend П'ЯТСОТ ГРИВЕНЬ in green ink.
Parts of the figures comprising the see-through element, the numerical indication of the denomination 500, are printed in a blank space in the shape of a parallelogram that adjoins the watermark area at the top.
At the bottom of the watermark area there is the numerical indication of the denomination 500 in blue ink.
At the bottom of the note on the right of the center there is the numerical indication of the denomination 500 in a thin line (negative image).
The serial number (consisting of a two-letter series and seven-digit number) is printed twice: in the top left- hand corner in black ink and in the bottom right-hand corner in red ink. The black ink serial number differs from the red ink one in style and size.
There are geometric fragments and antiscanning grids on the back of the note.
Security features
The note is printed on a special tinted non- fluorescent paper with a beige tone corresponding to the dominating color of the note. The paper 100% consists of cotton.
There is a multi-tone local watermark, light watermark element, security thread and security fibers.
1. WATERMARK
The portrait of Hryhorii Skovoroda repeating the portrait printed on the face of the note. The image is located on the right in the front of the note and is visible when the note is held up to the light.
2. LIGHT WATERMARK ELEMENT
The graphic character of the national monetary unit of Ukraine, the hryvnia, placed in the left bottom part of the Hryhorii Skovoroda portrait.
3. SECURITY THREAD
A fully embedded into the paper coded polymer thread (1.5 mm wide) visible on the left of the watermark area when the note front is held up to the light. The following transparent direct and inverse images are visible on the thread: 500 ГРН (banknote denomination), element of the Small National Emblem of Ukraine, the trident, (these elements are 1.2 mm high), and microlettering containing the numerical indication of the denomination (500). The thread appears yellow-blue under ultraviolet light, the section of each color being 20 mm long. The fluorescent parts on the note fringes may be random in length.
4. OPTICALLY VARIABLE INK (OVI)
Used on the intaglio-printed rhombus divided into four fragments of different sizes on the right of the portrait beneath the legend УКРАЇНА on the front of the note. The ink switches its color when viewed at different angles: from purple (crimson-violet) when viewed stra- ight-on to olive-green at a sharp angle up to the light.
5. SEE-THROUGH ELEMENT
Elements that complement each other to form the numerical indication of the denomination 500 when the note is held up to the light.
These are the parts of the figure 500 printed in a blank space in the shape of a parallelogram that adjoins the watermark area at the top on the front and back of the note. When the note is held up to the light the figure 500 becomes visible.
6. RELIEF ELEMENTS
A special type of printing when the ink is raised above the paper surface and can be felt by touch (portraits, legends, numerical indications of the denomination, microlettering). Used on the front of the note only.
There are the following intaglio-printed elements on the note: the Small National Emblem of Ukraine and the legends УКРАЇНА and НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ along the upper side of the note, the legend П'ЯТСОТ along the left side of the note, symbol for the partially sighted, numerical indications of the denomination in the bottom right and top left corners of the note as well as two groups of seven lines perpendicular to both the left and right sides of the note.
7. SYMBOL FOR PARTIALLY SIGHTED
The raised numerical indication of the denomination in the form of three vertical dots in the middle of the right side on the front of the note.
8. LATENT (HIDDEN) IMAGE
The numerical indication of the denomination (500) hidden behind the coat image on the portrait on the left.
The image becomes visible when the note is held up to the light at a sharp angle: dark against a light background when the note is looked at from the short side and light against a dark background when the note is looked at from the long side.
9. MICRO LETTERING
Repeated inscriptions that can be read under a magnifying glass.
On the front of the note:
—         the intaglio-printed inscription ГРИГОРІЙ СКОВОРОДА (positive image) along the coat collar on the portrait on the left (repeated thrice);
—         the intaglio-printed inscription УКРАЇНА (negative image) repeated on the coat on the right;
—         the offset-printed abbreviation НБУ (positive image) repeated inside the parallelogram on the left of the numerical indication of the denomination on the watermark area;
—         two offset-printed bands reading 500 (positive image) on the right and left of the blank space on the watermark area.
On the back of the note:
—        the Skovoroda words: ВСІ НАУКИ ВСІ ПРОМИСЛИ НАМ МИЛІШІ ВІД ТОГО ЩО ЄДИНЕ НАС ЗАГУБЛЕНИХ ЗНАХОДИТЬ І НАМ ЖЕ САМИХ НАС ПОВЕРТАЄ (negative image) repeated four times and comprising the oval rim around the watermark area;
the numerical indication of the denomination in the bottom left-hand corner of the note containing the figure 500 (negative image, the figures are of different thickness).
10. “ORLOFF” PRINT
A special type of printing ensuring an abrupt change of one color into another without intermittence and displacement of graphic elements of the pattern.
11. RAINBOW PRINT
A special type of printing ensuring a smooth change of one color into another without intermittence and displacement of graphic elements of the pattern.
12. ANTISCANNING GRID
Thin lines placed at different angles on both sides of the note that form a moire pattern when the note is copied or scanned.
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