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The hryvnia’s name comes from an old ornament and measure of value
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A silver ingot and a neck ring displayed together to evoke the history of the word hryvnia; symbolic, not a specific excavated pair.
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The name of Ukraine’s hryvnia is linked to the old Slavic hryvnia, a metal neck ring. Later the word referred to a weight of precious metal, and silver ingots called hryvnias served as money in Rus lands. The modern currency keeps the ancient name, though it is no longer an ornament or an ingot.