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On Friday, 4 September, the National Bank of Ukraine officially began issuing into circulation a new banknote with a denomination of 2000 hryvnias. From now on it is part of the country's cash currency series. The relevant information was published on the official NBU website.
- The date chosen for issuance into circulation was not accidental — it carries a certain symbolism. After all, it was on 4 September 1965 during the premiere of the film “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” at the Kyiv cinema “Ukraine” that Vasyl Stus, together with Viacheslav Chornovil and Ivan Dziuba, held the first open public protest in the USSR against the mass political repressions of the Ukrainian intelligentsia. And on 4 September 1985 Vasyl Stus died in imprisonment at the maximum-security camp “Perm-36,” the statement says.
The obverse side of the 2000 hryvnia banknote features the Ukrainian sixtiers poet Vasyl Stus and the signature of NBU Governor Andriy Pyshnyi. On the reverse is the building of the Philology Faculty of Donetsk National University, where the poet studied and which today bears his name.
The banknote has more than 20 security features. Among them is the Anima Colour "window" thread in blue and yellow, which was used for the first time in the world on this note. When the viewing angle changes, a motion effect appears, and the Tryzub transforms into the hryvnia symbol. The note is also equipped with an optically variable SPARK element whose color shifts from purple to golden-green.
The NBU assures that the appearance of 2000 hryvnia banknotes in circulation does not mean additional "money printing" and will not affect the inflation rate or the exchange rate. New notes will be introduced into circulation through exchange for noncash funds or to replace worn banknotes of other denominations. The first batch will amount to several million pieces.
On 15 July NBU Governor Andriy Pyshnyi reported that the font on the new 2000 hryvnia banknote featuring Stus will be changed due to a "Russian trace."
On 10 July the Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, Andriy Pyshnyi, announced that a banknote with a denomination of 2000 hryvnias featuring Vasyl Stus will appear in Ukraine.
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