Vorderseite: Violine; Porträt des ukrainischen Philosophen Gregorius Skoworoda (1722 - 1794); Wappen der Ukraine; Brunnen als Veranschaulichung von Skoworada's Paradoxon der ungleichen Gleichheit.
Rückseite: Auge der Vorsehung; Gebäude der Nationalen Universität Kiew-Mohyla-Akademie.

Front side: Violin; Portrait of the Ukrainian philosopher Hryhoriy Skovoroda (1722 - 1794); Coat of arms of Ukraine; Fountain representing Skovoroda's paradoxon of the Unequal equality.
Back side: Eye of Providence; Building of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

B853a

(P-124)

Dated 2006.
Signature of Volodymyr StelmakhSignature of V. Stelmakh (as ГОЛОВА). Portrait of H. Skovoroda and electrotype Hryvnia symbol as watermark. Solid security thread with demetalized text. Denomination (500) as registration device. Purple SPARK^® Origin elementSPARK Origin is a security element based on optical variable magnetic ink. (Geometrical figure) on the front side. One red and one black horizontal 7-digit serial number on the back side. Both have digits of the same size and a double Cyrillic letter prefix. Printed by the National Bank of Ukraine.

B853b

(P-124)

Dated 2011.
Signature of Serhiy ArbuzovSignature of S. Arbuzov (as ГОЛОВА). Portrait of H. Skovoroda and electrotype Hryvnia symbol as watermark. Solid security thread with demetalized text. Denomination (500) as registration device. Purple SPARK^® Origin elementSPARK Origin is a security element based on optical variable magnetic ink. (Geometrical figure) on the front side. One red and one black horizontal 7-digit serial number on the back side. Both have digits of the same size and a double Cyrillic letter prefix. Printed by the National Bank of Ukraine.

B853c

(P-124)

Dated 2014.
Signature of Stepan KubivSignature of S. Kubiv (as ГОЛОВА). Portrait of H. Skovoroda and electrotype Hryvnia symbol as watermark. Solid security thread with demetalized text. Denomination (500) as registration device. Purple SPARK^® Origin elementSPARK Origin is a security element based on optical variable magnetic ink. (Geometrical figure) on the front side. One red and one black horizontal 7-digit serial number on the back side. Both have digits of the same size and a double Cyrillic letter prefix. Printed by the National Bank of Ukraine.

B853d

(P-124)

Dated 2015.
Signature of Valeriya O. HontarevaSignature of V.O. Hontareva (as ГОЛОВА). Portrait of H. Skovoroda and electrotype Hryvnia symbol as watermark. Solid security thread with demetalized text. Denomination (500) as registration device. Purple SPARK^® Origin elementSPARK Origin is a security element based on optical variable magnetic ink. (Geometrical figure) on the front side. One red and one black horizontal 7-digit serial number on the back side. Both have digits of the same size and a double Cyrillic letter prefix. Printed by the National Bank of Ukraine.

Remarks

Introduced on 15. September 2006. For a similar note dated 2015, but (among other changes) with the portrait looking left and moved to the center of the note and with a green SPARK^® Origin elementSPARK Origin is a security element based on optical variable magnetic ink. on the front side refer to B855 of the next series.

The numbers used in the first column are taken from Owen Linzmayer's The Banknote Book (bold) and Krause Publications' Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (in brackets).
The bold text at the beginning of the description of every variety indicates those elements, which are necessary to identify the correct variety without any doubt.