On 8 August 2024, the Day of Communications Troops, the NBU presented a new circulation commemorative coin called “The Communications and Cybersecurity Branch of Ukraine’s Armed Forces.”
The new coin was presented by Deputy NBU Governor Oleksiy Shaban and Deputy Head of the Communications and Cybersecurity Directorate of the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Colonel Oleksii Naumenko.
This new commemorative coin, which continues the Armed Forces of Ukraine series, celebrates the Ukrainian communications branch, which provides daily communications and ensures command and control of the troops, as well as overcoming complex challenges and threats to protect Ukraine in the information sphere and in cyberspace.
“On the occasion of the professional holiday of Ukrainian military communications troops, we would like to make a symbolic gift by presenting a new circulation commemorative coin “The Communications and Cyber Security Branch of Ukraine’s Armed Forces,” said Shaban. “Ukrainian soldiers need reliable communications in combat conditions as much as they need air. The success of combat missions, the effectiveness of maneuvers, the protection of the lives of soldiers and bringing the victory closer often depend on high-quality communications, and the dedication and courage of communications troops, who provide communications in extremely difficult conditions.”
“This is not just a coin, but a symbol of the enormous contribution communications and cybersecurity professionals make to our joint struggle for freedom and independence,” said Naumenko. “It reminds us of the extremely important tasks that communications troops perform every day. On the frontline and in the rear, military communications workers, around the clock, provide the defense forces with one of the most important resources for military operations – communications, protecting information and communications systems, countering cyber threats, demonstrating the power of our nation to the enemy, and confidently asserting that communications save as many lives as weapons.”
Coin design
The obverse of the coin is identical to the obverse of the 10-hryvnia circulation coin designed in 2018, featuring in the center, surrounded by an Old Rus ornament, the coin’s face value, issue year, and Ukraine’s coat of arms.
The reverse has the following circular legend: ВІЙСЬКА ЗВ’ЯЗКУ ТА КІБЕРБЕЗПЕКИ ЗСУ (Communications and Cybersecurity Branch of Ukraine’s Armed Forces) and the motto of the branch: СИЛЬНІ ТРИМАТИ ЗВ’ЯЗОК! (We’re strong to maintain communications). In the center of the composition, like a shield that protects the information space, is the emblem of the Communications and Cyber Security Branch of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, with an eight-rayed star at its base, surrounded by cross-shaped orbits and crossed lightning bolts. The coin’s background depicts stylized labyrinths symbolizing the transmission of encrypted data through the intricate defenses of cyberspace, where an invisible war is being fought.
Like all other Ukrainian circulation coins, this coin must be accepted at its face value for settling all cash payments and for crediting accounts.
The coin’s circulation and sales
The NBU will gradually supply banks and CIT companies with these coins for the coins to be issued to their clients. These coins will be accepted from clients like ordinary circulation coins at their 10-hryvnia face value.
Gradually, the NBU will issue about 10 million of such circulation commemorative coins into circulation.
However, some of these coins will be made into specially-designed rolls. A roll will contain 25 circulation commemorative coins. Each roll will be packed in specially designed souvenir paper, which will bear the emblem of the Communications and Cyber Security Branch of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, and will feature elements imitating labyrinths of encrypted data. The issue numbers of the rolls are 20,000 units.
The NBU will start selling the rolls from 9 August 2024 through its online numismatic store.
More of these coins will be gradually sold by distributing banks (the list of these banks can be found on the NBU’s official website), as they are delivered from the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works. You can find more details about the starting date of sales and points of sale on the official websites of the distributing banks.
This circulation commemorative coin was issued into circulation on 8 August 2024.
This 10-hryvnia coin is made of a nickel-electroplated zinc-based alloy. It has a weight of 6.4 g, a diameter of 23.5 mm, and a mintage of 10,000,000 units (including 510,000 units as souvenir products). The coin’s edge is grooved.
The coin’s obverse was designed by Volodymyr Demianenko, while the coin’s reverse was designed by Tetiana Baluta.