100 Karbovantsiv, Ukrainian People's Republic, 1917
date: label: date made
content: 1917
notes: label: Description
content: Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Ukrainian People’s Republic (UPR) declared independence from Russia and issued banknotes to signal its national sovereignty and identity. The banknotes prominently display the trident symbol from medieval Kyivan coins and illustrate the diversity of Ukrainian cultural heritage. The 1917 note includes four languages: Ukrainian, Polish, Russian, and Yiddish. The inclusion of Yiddish on the note reflects the country’s large Jewish community, even in the context of violent and longstanding antisemitism. The UPR was forcibly subsumed into the Soviet Union in 1922.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Ukraine
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer L. Neinken
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.66.16653
label: catalog number
content: 66.16653
label: accession number
content: 269144
label: serial number
content: 185
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.5 cm x 16.9 cm; 4 1/8 in x 6 21/32 in