Coins of Ukraine in 2020

Series: Outstanding personalities of Ukraine The coin is dedicated to the Ukrainian international lawyer who took an active part in the preparation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and many other important international legal documents, scientist, historian of law, specialist in private international law and general history of state and law, Academician of the USSR Volodymyr Mykhailovych Koretsky. 2 hryvnias, Year of release: 2020 Circulation: 30000 pcs, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 12.8 g

Series: Ancient cities of Ukraine The coin is dedicated to the city located on the river Kazenny Torets, near the Torsky salt lakes. The history of the future city began long ago, when this area belonged to the Wild Field. In 1645, an "outpost" was built on the river crossing, and later a fortress city was founded, which by the end of the 18th century. turned into a county town. The development of the city is historically connected with the salt industry - salt production and treatment of patients. The modern city of Sloviansk is one of the symbols in the Ukrainian struggle for the return of the occupied territories lost as a result of the Russian aggression in 2014. 5 hryvnias, Year of release: 2020 Circulation: 35000 pcs, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 16.54 g

Series: Other coins The coin is dedicated to the Ukrainian secret organization that emerged in Kyiv at the end of 1845, which was one of the manifestations of the rise of the national movement and the intensification of the All-Slavic movement. The Cyril and Methodius Society has a prominent place in the development of national-political and historical thought, the formation of the Ukrainian idea. M. Kostomarov, P. Kulish, T. Shevchenko, M. Hulak, G. Andruzky, and V. Bilozersky played a leading role in the society. 5 hryvnias, Year of release: 2020 Circulation: 30000 pcs, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 16.54 g

Series: Souvenir products On November 26, 2020, the National Bank of Ukraine will issue a souvenir banknote "Leonid Kadenyuk - the first cosmonaut of independent Ukraine", dedicated to the Hero of Ukraine, Leonid Konstantinovich Kadenyuk, who in 1997 flew on the American space shuttle "Columbia" as part of an international crew. He performed a wide range of work as part of a joint Ukrainian-American experiment, the task of which was to study the effect of microgravity on plant growth. The souvenir banknote is printed using offset, intaglio, screen and letterpress printing using protected inks. The dimensions of the souvenir banknote are 80 x 170 mm. year of release: 2020 Circulation: 50000 pcs.

Series: Armed Forces of Ukraine The coin is dedicated to a law enforcement body of special purpose, which is tasked with ensuring the inviolability of the state border and protection of the sovereign rights of Ukraine in its adjacent zone and the exclusive (maritime) economic zone. One of the responsibilities of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is to participate in cooperation with the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations in repelling an invasion or attack on the territory of Ukraine by the armed forces of another state or group of states. 10 hryvnias, year of release: 2020 Circulation: 1000000 pcs, Metal: zinc-based alloy, Weight 12.4 grams

Series: Outstanding personalities of Ukraine The coin is dedicated to the outstanding scientist, public figure, teacher, founder of the neurosurgical school in Ukraine, doctor of medical sciences, professor, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Andriy Petrovich Romodanov. 2 hryvnias, year of release: 2020 Circulation: 30000 pcs, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 12.8 grams

Series: Other coins The coin is dedicated to medics and the military, and in their heroic images - to representatives of other professions for dedication, courage and professionalism. During a pandemic, in the conditions of Ukraine's struggle for the territorial integrity of the country, everyone has their own front line and their own front line, and only by making joint efforts can we win. 5 hryvnias, year of release: 2020 Circulation: 45000 pcs, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 16.54 grams

Series: Outstanding personalities of Ukraine The coin is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the most famous military aces-pilots of the Second World War, tester, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, national hero of the Crimean Tatar people - Amet-Khan Sultan. He made 603 sorties, personally shot down 30 (one using an air ram) and as part of the group - 19 enemy aircraft. Since 1946, he has been a test pilot, testing more than 100 types of aircraft. 2 hryvnias, year of release: 2020 Circulation: 30000 pcs, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 12.8 grams

Series: Outstanding personalities of Ukraine The coin is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Volodymyr Mykolayovych Peretz - a prominent Ukrainian scientist, philologist, researcher and publisher of numerous monuments of ancient Ukrainian literature, historian and literary theorist, textologist, academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. Volodymyr Peretz is one of the most active figures who contributed to the formation of the national community of Ukrainian scientists, the formation of its first professional associations and Ukrainian studies in a broad sense. Author of more than 300 works on literary studies, source studies, historiography, archeology, bibliography. 2 hryvnias, year of release: 2020 Circulation: 30000 pcs, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 12.8 grams

Series: Higher educational institutions of Ukraine The coin is dedicated to one of the oldest educational institutions in Ukraine, founded at the expense of brothers Alexander and Ilya Bezborodko as a Gymnasium of Higher Sciences with the status of a university-type higher educational institution. The university is famous for its educational, scientific and cultural traditions; Many well-known representatives of science and culture received higher education here: M. Gogol, E. Hrebinka, L. Glibov, Y. Zbanatsky, E. Gutsalo and others. 2 hryvnias, year of release: 2020 Circulation: 30000 pcs, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 12.8 grams

Series: Ancient cities of Ukraine The coin is dedicated to the ancient city with a rich history, located in the Poltava region on the river Lokhvytsia, which was first mentioned in historical sources in 1320 as an ancient Russian settlement in the Pereyaslav land. In the middle of the seventeenth century. the city received the Magdeburg right and coat of arms. During the national liberation struggle of the Ukrainian people, the Lokhvytsia Cossack Hundred as part of B. Khmelnytsky's army took part in many battles. 5 hryvnias, year of release: 2020 Circulation: 35000 pcs, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 16.54 grams

Series: Armed Forces of Ukraine The coin is dedicated to perpetuating the heroism and honoring the memory of servicemen and members of volunteer formations who gave their lives in the struggle for independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. The feats of soldiers who selflessly defended our land are engraved in the recent history of our state and the Ukrainian army. 10 hryvnias, year of release: 2020 Circulation: 1000000 pcs, Metal: zinc-based alloy, Weight 12.4 grams

Series: Ancient cities of Ukraine The coin is dedicated to the city, first mentioned in 1100, the center of the principality in Volyn - the city of Dubno (Duben), which in all historical times was at the crossroads of important historical and political events, trade routes, one of the centers of spiritual life. Dubno as a city was built by the princes of Ostroh - powerful and influential people in the political arena of Europe in the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. 5 hryvnias, year of release: 2020 Circulation: 35000 pcs, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 16.54 grams

Series: Flora and fauna The coin is dedicated to the Magnificent Owl - a rare species of insect (row - Lepidoptera, family Noctuidae), an endangered species included in the Red Book of Ukraine. In Ukraine it is found locally in Polissya, in the Forest-Steppe, Steppe and Crimea (Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv, Sumy, Cherkasy, Luhansk, Kharkiv regions, Crimea). 2 hryvnias, year of release: 2020 Circulation: 40000 pcs, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 12.8 grams

Series: World War II The coin is dedicated to perpetuating memory and victory in World War II, the bloodiest six-year history of mankind. The hostilities took place on the territory of 40 states and inflicted extraordinary suffering on humanity. A significant contribution to the victory over Nazism was made by Ukraine, whose territory from June 1941 to October 1944 was the central part of the entire European bridgehead of hostilities. During the Second World War, Ukraine suffered huge human (approximately 9-10 million people) and material losses. 5 hryvnias, year of release: 2020 Circulation: 40000 pcs, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 16.54 grams

Series: Spiritual treasures of Ukraine The coin is dedicated to the Vydubychi St. Michael's Monastery, founded by the son of Prince Yaroslav Vsevolod on the southern outskirts of Kyiv - in the Vydubychi tract. The name of the tract comes from the word "vidybaty" - a wooden idol of the god Perun, which was thrown into the Dnieper near Starokyivska Hill during the baptism of Kievan Rus, flowed here. The first church on the territory of the monastery was St. Michael's Church, built in the early twelfth century. the monastery became one of the centers of chronicles. The possessions of the monastery included Lybid, Navodnytsia, Osokorkiv and other lands with transportation on the Dnieper and Lybed. 5 hryvnias, year of release: 2020 Circulation: 40000 pcs, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 16.54 grams

Series: Architectural monuments of Ukraine The coin is dedicated to a witness of historical events in the Galician land, a bastion castle-fortress, built in the first half of the XVII century - Zolochiv Castle, which is a neo-Dutch type of fortifications. Located on a low hill, the castle was once used for both defense and housing, ie it belongs to the monuments of the type "palazzo in fortezzo". The fortifications of Zolochiv Castle are ramparts, bastions, a gate tower, bridges and ravelins. The Renaissance ensemble consists of the entrance tower, the Great Residential and Chinese palaces, which are one of the few examples of oriental architecture in Ukraine. 5 hryvnias, year of release: 2020 Circulation: 40000 pcs, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 16.54 grams

Series: Eastern calendar The coin is dedicated to the year of the Rat, one of the animals, which begins the twelve-year cycle of the Eastern calendar. 5 hryvnias, year of release: 2020 Circulation: 50000 pcs, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 16.54 grams

Series: Spiritual treasures of Ukraine The coin is dedicated to the centenary of the legendary Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater, which began its activities in 1920 in Vinnytsia. Most of the classics of Ukrainian drama of the XIX-XX centuries. received their first reading of their works on the stage of the Ivan Franko Theater, where the atmosphere of a special artistic society, united by creative ideals and a common goal, prevails, and the best performances turn into a celebration of performing skills. Bright, vivid, unique images are among the undeniable achievements of Ukrainian theater. 5 hryvnias, year of release: 2020 Circulation: 35000 pcs, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 16.54 grams

Series: Spiritual treasures of Ukraine The coin is dedicated to the centenary of one of the largest museums in Ukraine, the cultural center of Slobozhanshchyna and Eastern Ukraine. Every year the institution receives more than 200 thousand visitors and for a century retains its unique importance of research, scientific and methodological and cultural and educational center of Kharkiv region. Mykola Fedorovych Sumtsov, an outstanding scientist, ethnographer, historian, researcher of folk life and worldview, who became the first director of the museum, stood at the origins of the museum of Slobidska Ukraine. 5 hryvnias, year of release: 2020 Circulation: 35000 pcs, Metal: nickel silver, Weight 16.54 grams