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Ukrainian Hryvnia
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Ukrainian Hryvnia
The currency of the Ukraine. It was introduced in 1996, replacing the karbovanets following a period of hyperinflation in the latter. Since its introduction, it has been pegged to the U.S. dollar at various values.


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With a deficit of more than 6 percent of GDP, Ukraine's currency - the hryvnya - has lost more than half of its value against the dollar since last July.
As one of the project's team members opened the passport, a 20 hryvnya note (local currency in Ukraine equivalent to $5 Cdn) fell to the table.
The karbonavets stabilized in the fall of 1995 at around 180,000 to the dollar, and stability continued after the introduction of the hryvnya in September 1996, exchanged at 100,000 to the karbonavets--the first noninflationary and nonconfiscatory currency exchange that Ukrainians had experienced this century.
 
 
 
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