Banknote 100 uah 2005 V. Stelmakh

The central image is a portrait of Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861), placed to the right of the center of the obverse and based on his 1840 self-portrait.

• Design elements: To the left of the portrait in the upper part there is a decorative element featuring the Small State Emblem of Ukraine, while the central background includes a fragment of Shevchenko’s painting “Kateryna” and an ornament with repeated “100” numerals.
• Inscriptions: In the upper part of the watermark area appears the inscription “NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE”; below it are the word “GOVERNOR” and the facsimile signature of the Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.
• Optical feature: In the lower part of the watermark area, the numeral “100” is printed in optically variable ink, changing from lilac (raspberry-violet) to olive green when viewed at different angles.
• See-through element: To the right of the denomination numeral is part of a register device depicting an ancient Kyivan Rus hryvnia.
• Relief: The portrait, inscriptions, denomination numerals, and tactile feature for visually impaired people are printed in relief.
• Feature for the visually impaired: Near the left edge of the banknote there is a tactile square mark.

The central image shows a kobzar and a boy against the background of Chernecha Hora and the Dnipro River.

• Composition: The figures of the kobzar and the boy are taken from a work by Taras Shevchenko, while the main background depicts the landscape of Chernecha Hora near Cherkasy.
• Ornaments: Geometric ornaments run along three sides of the banknote in yellow-green, pink, olive, brown, cherry, and violet-black tones.
• Elements: At the top of the vertical ornament is the logo of the National Bank of Ukraine, below it the inscription “NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE”, and in the center the denomination numeral “100”.
• Date: The year of approval of the banknote design, 2005, is shown in the lower right part.
• See-through element: Next to the year is the second part of the register device depicting an ancient Kyivan Rus hryvnia.
• Serial numbers: The serial number is printed twice horizontally: in red in the lower left corner and in black in the upper right corner; each consists of a two-letter series and a seven-digit number.