Starting February 20 next year, the National Bank will put into circulation banknotes with a denomination of 100 UAH of a new design.
This is reported by the newspaper "Segodnya" with reference to the bank's press service.
The presentation of the new banknote is scheduled for December 22 this year.
For now, it is known that the banknote's protection against counterfeiting is much more advanced than that of the old one. After December 22, in accordance with the law, posters with samples of the new money will be displayed in banks, shops, and currency exchange offices.
Two months are given so that the population can become familiar with what the new money looks like.
Analyzing the appearance of banknotes of the 2003–2005 sample, the newspaper suggested that the new banknote will retain the portrait of Taras Shevchenko, and it will most likely be larger in size than the largest (72x136 mm) 50-hryvnia banknote issued in 2004 and the "hundred" of the 1996 sample (66x133 mm).
Different sizes of banknotes are one of the ways to protect them from counterfeiting. One hundred hryvnias of the 2005 sample will be in circulation together with the "old" banknote issued in 1996, gradually displacing it, the publication notes.