U.C.
100 Karbovantsiv 1917 Issue P1

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Note Description: Ukraine, Central Rada
100 Karbovantsiv 1917
Grade: XF 45 EPQ
Country: UKE
Note Number: UKE1b
Signatures/
Vignettes:		 - Back Inverted
Certification #: 8078805-075  
Owner: Fenntucky Mike
Sets Competing: U.C.  Score: 696
Date Added: 5/5/2021
Research: See PMG's Census Report for this Note

Owner's Description

PICK # 1b (Back Inverted)
UKRAINIAN PAPER MONEY # 1a (Back Inverted)
BANKNOTE REGISTER # N/A
ESPERANTO # N/A
BANKNOTE BOOK # N/A
PRINT DATE: 1917
TOTAL PRINTED: 55,000 Both varieties are included in the total.
IN CIRCULATION: January 5, 1918 – November 1, 1918
DENOMINATION: 100 Karbovantsiv
DIMENTIONS (L X W)mm: 170 x 105
SIGNATURE/S: Mykhailo Kryvetskyi V. Voynyliv
WATERMARK: NONE
PRINTER: Kulzhenko Print Shop (Kiev)
COLORS: Yellow, Orange, Brown, Green, Violet
ARTIST/S: (G)Heorhii Narbut

FROM THE NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE: N/A

FRONT: Top center is the text Ukrainian National (People’s) Republic, below is an octagonal cartouche in which is printed the denomination in text, overtop of the National Symbol the Tryzub (Trident). Radiating from the cartouche are various floral design elements in which are contained two shields: the trident on the left represents the ancestral insignia of Volodymyr the Great and on the right is a right arm holding a crossbow which was adopted as the coat of arms of Kyiv when it was granted Magdeburg rights in 1487. To the left and right of the cartouche is the denomination printed numerically, at the lower left is the signature of the Director of the Bank along with the year printed to the lower right is the signature of the treasurer below which is the series and block number. All notes of this type are from block 185, there are no other blocks. Contemporary counterfeits are known of this note, they can be spotted by the color ink used for the signatures and block number. Authentic notes will have black ink, the counterfeits have brown ink for the signatures and block number.

BACK: Upper left the notes denomination printed in Russian, upper right the notes denomination printed in Polish below which is the series number, center bottom the notes denomination printed in Yiddish (100 karbovantsiv). Top center, the text “State Credit Notes of the Ukrainian People’s Republic are provided with the State property of the Republic, namely: subsoil, forests, railways, State revenues, including revenues from the sugar monopoly and other monopolies.”. Center the numerical denomination in a cartouche, with decorative floral elements deriving from a basket. At the lower left is the text, in a cartouche, “State Credit Tickets of the Ukrainian People’s Republic are on par with gold coin”. At the lower right is the text, in a cartouche, “Those guilty of forging State Credit Tickets are punished by deprivation of rights and hard labor.”.

SECURITY FEATURES: Baroque Design, wavey lines and a repeating design of 100 in a circle on the back.

NOTES: This note, Pick #1b with inverted back, is the more common note of the two varieties listed in the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Pick #1a, printing same way on both sides, is rare but can often be found 2-3 times a year in major auctions.

All Pick #1's have the same serial number, (AD) 185, printed in black, signatures are also printed in black on authentic notes.

Printed on thick white paper in Kyiv, by the printing office of Vasyl Kulzhenko. Specimens were produced depicting only the front with no signatures or serial number.

During The Battle of Kyiv, January - February 1918, the Bolshevik lead Red Guard (Army) stormed the city resulting in the evacuation of the Central Rada and the taking of a cliché used for the printing of 100 karbovantsiv banknotes of 1917. Therefore the Government of Ukraine, on September 24, 1918, announced the exchange of these banknotes for others until November 1, 1918 after which they were declared nonpayment. Contemporary counterfeits were produced with the stolen cliché and can be identified by the use of brown ink for the serial number and signatures. The contemporary counterfeit is listed in Pick as 1bx.

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