Guys I need to get a 1919 Ukraine note. My Grandmothers best friend, who was like my grandma to me, died and she was from Ukraine and was born in 1919. I was going to buy one at the Baltimore coin show except I don't know how to read Ukrainian and the dealers could pull something over on me. If anyone is selling please pm me, and if you know Ukrainian please tell me how to read 1919 on a note. Thanks Jason
Here is a link to pictures of some earlier Ukrainian notes: http://www.banknotes.com/ua.htm The 50 Karbovantsiv note (UA-6) is quite common to the best of my knowledge. I have one somewhere that I picked up very cheap. According to the website it was issued in 1918. I'm not sure if there were any notes issued in 1919, as independent Ukraine under Petliura was very short lived as it was swallowed up by the Soviet Union during the Civil War.
Not sure what you need exactly... Just any Ukrainian note as long as it is from 1919? Majority of official Ukrainian government notes (State Treasury) were issued in 1918. I guess the most common and available note is the 50 Karbovantsiv (see attached photos). There is no year on it and they are from 1918. Notes from 1919 are those printed by Semen Petlyura, who was basically a bandit. These are from certain areas that were under his reign for limited time. You probably don't need those. If you need any additional help you can contact me via PM. I got no problem reading Ukrainian/Russian.
I found a Wikipedia article with pictures of the 1919 Petliura notes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_karbovanets All of these notes come from an interesting historical period. Just imagine how much better the 20th century might have turned out had the governments who issued these notes been successful in defeating the Bolsheviks.
Hey guys thanks for all the help, I think I'm just gonna buy the 1918 50 k. (I'm not gonna try to spell that). I really appreciate it!
