This banknote marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Hryhorii Skovoroda – a unique, extraordinary, eminent personality, whose work remains relevant throughout the ages. For anyone who has ever read Skovoroda’s works, he is not merely a wandering philosopher, writer and historian, but also a person who inspires many generations into action, while his written legacy serves as "an instrument of various ideas and perspectives”. The philosopher thought that the main thing in life was a sense of freedom: “What is freedom? What good is there in it? Isn’t it like gold, they say? Certainly not, it’s not gold: compared to freedom, gold is just a swamp. Oh, If only I didn’t make a fool of myself, I wouldn’t live a day without freedom...” [poem “De libertate” (About freedom”)]. Today, the entire world is witnessing what Ukrainians can do to protect their freedom, and can see the unbearably high price they are paying for it! The commemorative banknote replicating the 500 hryvnia banknote designed in 2015 has the following series: ГС No. 0000001–0050000. It was issued in 2022, and is sized 75 х 154 mm.

The main image on the front of the note is a portrait of Hryhorii Skovoroda.

The main image on the back of the note is the building of Kyiv Mohyla Academy.

This banknote marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Hryhorii Skovoroda – a unique, extraordinary, eminent personality, whose work remains relevant throughout the ages. For anyone who has ever read Skovoroda’s works, he is not merely a wandering philosopher, writer and historian, but also a person who inspires many generations into action, while his written legacy serves as "an instrument of various ideas and perspectives”. The philosopher thought that the main thing in life was a sense of freedom: “What is freedom? What good is there in it? Isn’t it like gold, they say? Certainly not, it’s not gold: compared to freedom, gold is just a swamp. Oh, If only I didn’t make a fool of myself, I wouldn’t live a day without freedom...” [poem “De libertate” (About freedom”)]. Today, the entire world is witnessing what Ukrainians can do to protect their freedom, and can see the unbearably high price they are paying for it! The commemorative banknote replicating the 500 hryvnia banknote designed in 2015 has the following series: ГС No. 0000001–0050000. It was issued in 2022, and is sized 75 х 154 mm.

The main image on the front of the note is a portrait of Hryhorii Skovoroda.

The main image on the back of the note is the building of Kyiv Mohyla Academy.

This coin celebrates Pavlo Hlazovyi, who was one of the most popular Ukrainian humorous poets. Hlazovyi was an honored artist of Ukraine, a recipient of Ostap Vyshnia Award in 1988, and the first recipient of Petro Sahaidachnyi Award in 1996. The humorist drew inspiration from the treasures of the living Ukrainian language, tapping real gems of folk wisdom as inexhaustible sources for his work. The satirist had a gentle and cheering sense of humor; his fables are witty and apt; a lot of his works resemble folk humor and put people in good spirits. The writer uses humor to express love for his native land, his people, and his affection for the Ukrainian language and Ukrainian art, lifting people’s spirits in the most difficult times. Hlazovyi’s works are also a window into the cheerful nature of the Ukrainian people.

Obverse: above, against a smooth background is the semicircular legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), to the right of which are Ukraine’s small coat of arms and the coin’s issue year – 2022; in the center is the following composition: against the backdrop of a stylized open book is a rocking chair, above which the satirist’s muse flies; to the right are theatrical masks symbolizing the theater of life, the negative aspects of which the poet exposes and satirizes; beneath is the coin’s face value in the form of a semicircular legend 2 ГРИВНІ (two hryvnias); beneath, to the right is the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works.

Reverse: against the backdrop of a stylized book done in cartoon style is the humorist’s portrait; the portrait is surrounded by the following legends: УСМІШКИ (jokes) (vertically, to the left), БАЙКИ (fables) (vertically, to the right) and ГУМОРЕСКИ (humor pieces) (under the portrait); to the left and right, against a smooth background, are the images of characters from Hlazovyi’s humor pieces; beneath are his years of birth and death – 1922 2004, and the semicircular legend ПАВЛО ГЛАЗОВИЙ (Pavlo Hlazovyi).

This coin celebrates Archangel Michael – one of the most revered biblical characters, who is called the chief commander of the Heavenly Host. Archangel Michael is a steadfast fighter against evil forces, defender of the faith, and the patron of soldiers who fight for just causes and protect the good. Archangel Michael has been revered since the time of the Kyiv Rus State – he was a symbol of the heavenly protection of the power of Kyiv Rus princes. Later on, this reverence was manifested not only in toponyms – in the names of church buildings, but also in heraldry – on the coats of arms of Kyiv, the Voivodeship of Kyiv, and the Province of Kyiv. Today, his image is found in the attributes of Ukrainian paratroopers, embodying once again the fight against evil.

Obverse: above is Ukraine’s small coat of arms, below which is the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); against the background of a pattern made of stylized Old Rus Kyiv-type hryvnias – used as a unit of weight and counting and a monetary unit – is a stylized wreath made of laurel leaves; at the bottom of the coin are its face value 10 and the graphic symbol of the hryvnia; in the center, in an octagonal cartouche, against a smooth background, is the NBU logotype, below which is the following legend: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ/ БАНК УКРАЇНИ/2022 (National/Bank of Ukraine/2022).

Reverse: against a smooth backdrop, is an image of Archangel Michael (decorative element – local gilding); there is a circular legend, reading: …ЗА НАС І ДУШІ ПРАВЕДНИХ, І СИЛА АРХІСТРАТИГА МИХАЇЛА (...the souls of the righteous and the power of Archangel Michael are with us) (from the Haidamaky poem by Taras Shevchenko); the lines are written in ChebanykSansN.2017 © VasylChebanyk script.