Ukraine finishes the job: ‘Glory to Ukraine!’ is now on every banknote
17 Jun 2026
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In August 2024, on the 33rd anniversary of its independence, Ukraine started updating its entire banknote family. Not a redesign—the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) kept the 2014 designs intact and added a single line to the upper-right of each note’s back: “Слава Україні! Героям Слава!” — “Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes!”
One denomination at a time, over nearly two years, the slogan worked its way across the whole series. On 16 June 2026 the 100-hryvnia note went into circulation, and the set is complete.
Timeline
- Aug 8, 2024 — 500 and 1,000 hryvnia lead off, timed to the 33rd anniversary of independence.
- Aug 23, 2024 — 50 hryvnia.
- Aug 21, 2025 — 20 hryvnia.
- Feb 25, 2026 — 200 hryvnia.
- Jun 16, 2026 — 100 hryvnia completes the family (cataloged B867a).
Primary source: National Bank of Ukraine press release, bank.gov.ua.
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