Ukrainian hryvnia · UAH

₴ symbol · 1 country currently using this currency.

Currency info

Adopted: 1996

Currency family: Other

The hryvnia symbol ₴ is one of the newest currency symbols in the world, officially recognized by Unicode in 2015.

Introduced on September 2, 1996, replacing the karbovanets at a rate of 1 hryvnia = 100,000 karbovanets
Name derives from a historical monetary unit used in medieval Kyivan Rus and Cossack territories
Symbol ₴ was officially adopted in 2015, designed to represent the Cyrillic letter 'Ge' with a horizontal stroke
Redenominated in 2015 with removal of three zeros due to inflation, with 1 new hryvnia = 1,000 old hryvnia

Countries currently using this currency

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Historical predecessor

karbovanets