Hryvnia is often transliterated as grivna or hryvna.
The hryvnia is divided into 100 kopiykas (singular kopiyka).
The hryvnia symbol is a cursive Ukrainian letter He, with a double horizontal stroke symbolizing stability. Hryvnia is abbreviated "грн." (hrn.) in Ukrainian. The hryvnia is represented by the ISO 4217 currency code UAH, or 980. The hryvnia symbol '₴' [may not be rendered in all browsers] has been accepted for encoding in Unicode as U+20B4 in 2004.
Hryvnia/grivna was used as currency in Kievan Rus' in the 11th century. The word hryvnia (or grivna) was derived from the Slavicgriva. Originally the word meant neck as opposed to the current mane. Hryvnia meant something valuable worn around the neck, usually made of silver or gold. Later the word was used to describe silver or gold ingots of a certain weight. The other lesser currency units were nogata — a fur of a large animal such as a bear or a wolf, kuna — a fur of smaller animals, like mink or sable (compare Croatian kuna), and the cheapest was veksha — a fur of a squirrel.
In 2004 the National Bank of Ukraine has officially recommended to distinguish between hryvnia and hryvna in both historical and practical means. Linguistic researches cited to prove that hryvnia refers to medieval currency and hryvna to the female decoration of that time. The proper name for modern Ukrainian currency is гривня (hryvnia).
Banknotes and coins
Coins in circulation are [1] (http://www.bank.gov.ua/Engl/Bank_coin/Rozmin/rozmin.htm)
Brian Grivna began performing at age 12 as Young Artist clarinet soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra.
Grivna was the staff woodwind performer for the Guthrie Theatre from 1973 to 1983.
Grivna teaches at the University of Minnesota and in his home studio, performs jazz at local clubs and plays saxophone and clarinet for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra and the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis.
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