Quote Originally Posted by TATY
I know, I've seen old Soviet money with карбованець on it . But after the split of the USSR they translated карбованець are "coupon" in English. I just presumed it was post 1991.
Coupon is a totally different thing. The post-USSR Ukranian monetary unit was popularly called "купон" because each bank note had this word on it, although the official name of the unit was still карбованец. (E.g. "купон 25 карбованцiв"). People colloqually called them coupons to make clear they are talking about the "new" Ukranian money and not the "old" USSR rubles. Купон was in circulation for several ears until it was replaced by гривня.