This medal celebrates the Security Service of Ukraine – a special purpose government agency with law enforcement functions that ensures the state security of Ukraine. It was officially established on 25 March 1992. The Security Service of Ukraine continually faces extremely serious challenges – protecting the state’s security, sovereignty, constitutional order and territorial integrity, as well as strengthening the country’s defense potential.

Obverse: at the top, against a smooth background is the semicircular legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); in the center is the emblem of the Security Service of Ukraine, on either side of which is a serviceman of the agency; under the emblem is the legend 2022; beneath is the following semicircular legend: 30 РОКІВ СЛУЖБІ БЕЗПЕКИ УКРАЇНИ (30 years since the establishment of the Security Service of Ukraine); to the right is the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works.

Reverse: against a smooth background is the central building of the Security Service of Ukraine; above the following semicircular legends: above – СЛУЖБА БЕЗПЕКИ УКРАЇНИ (Security Service of Ukraine); beneath – ДБАЄМО ПРО ВАШУ БЕЗПЕКУ! (We strive to protect your security!).

This commemorative coin honors a specialized agency of central executive power operating in the field of special communications and information protection. The State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine is tasked with guaranteeing Ukraine’s national security, and addressing external and internal threats. It is part of the security and defense sector of Ukraine, acting as the main subject of the national cybersecurity system. On the very first days of russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine stood up to protect the information space by participating in measures to counter hacker attacks. The service’s specialists also provide informational support to civilians and military personnel, publishing explanations and advice on the use of various channels and means of communications.

Obverse: above is Ukraine’s small coat of arms, to the right of which is the legend saying УКРАЇНА/2022 (UKRAINE/2022); the emblem of the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine is in the center, against the background of stylized binary codes; below the emblem against a smooth background are the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works and the coin’s face value П’ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ (FIVE HRYVNIAS) (a semicircular legend).

Reverse: there is a stylized display of a smooth outline of Ukraine’s map with a symbolic image of a cryptographic key against a background of printed circuit boards, the following circular legend reads: ДЕРЖАВНА СЛУЖБА СПЕЦІАЛЬНОГО ЗВ’ЯЗКУ ТА ЗАХИСТУ ІНФОРМАЦІЇ УКРАЇНИ (THE STATE SERVICE OF SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION PROTECTION OF UKRAINE).

This commemorative coin features the brown bear. The Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve – located in the area affected by the Chornobyl nuclear power plant disaster – is a unique nature reserve in Ukraine. Despite suffering a catastrophe on a planetary scale, nature has been recovering here at a surprisingly fast pace. These vast areas have become a kind of reserve for the recovery of fauna typical for the Polesia region, including animals on the list of endangered species. The area is seeing the return of large animals to their natural habitats from which they were previously completely eliminated by humans. One of these species is the brown bear, which reappeared in the decades following the accident, a hundred years after it was last seen there. Photo traps have from time to time recorded the presence of brown bears in the reserve. Experts suggest that in the future about 40 brown bears may comfortably live in both reserves – the Chornobyl reserve and the Polesia State Radiation and Ecological Reserve (in the territory of belarus), which borders the Chornobyl reserve.

Obverse: above is Ukraine’s small coat of arms with the following legends: УКРАЇНА (Ukraine) (underneath the coat of arms); the coin’s face value 5/ГРИВЕНЬ (5/hryvnias) (to the right of the coat of arms); in the center is a wheel of life that symbolizes the rebirth of nature: a stylized international radioactive sign shrouded in leaves surrounded by animals that are increasing their populations in the 30-kilometer exclusion zone, which has become a special breeding reserve for black storks, Przewalski’s horses, lynxes, bison, moose, and brown bears; there is a circular legend against a smooth background, reading: ЧОРНОБИЛЬСЬКИЙ РАДІАЦІЙНО-ЕКОЛОГІЧНИЙ БІОСФЕРНИЙ ЗАПОВІДНИК (Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve) (to the left), CHORNOBYL RADIATION AND ECOLOGICAL BIOSPHERE RESERVE; the coin’s issue year 2022 (below); and the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works (above).

Reverse: against the outline of a landscape scene is a brown bear (pad printing), above there is the legend, against a smooth background: ВЕДМІДЬ/БУРИЙ (BEAR/BROWN) / URSUS ARCTOS; above is a sow with a cub.

This commemorative coin features the brown bear. The Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve – located in the area affected by the Chornobyl nuclear power plant disaster – is a unique nature reserve in Ukraine. Despite suffering a catastrophe on a planetary scale, nature has been recovering here at a surprisingly fast pace. These vast areas have become a kind of reserve for the recovery of fauna typical for the Polesia region, including animals on the list of endangered species. The area is seeing the return of large animals to their natural habitats from which they were previously completely eliminated by humans. One of these species is the brown bear, which reappeared in the decades following the accident, a hundred years after it was last seen there. Photo traps have from time to time recorded the presence of brown bears in the reserve. Experts suggest that in the future about 40 brown bears may comfortably live in both reserves – the Chornobyl reserve and the Polesia State Radiation and Ecological Reserve (in the territory of belarus), which borders the Chornobyl reserve.

Obverse: above is Ukraine’s small coat of arms with the following legends: УКРАЇНА (Ukraine) (underneath the coat of arms); the coin’s face value 5/ГРИВЕНЬ (5/hryvnias) (to the right of the coat of arms); in the center is a wheel of life that symbolizes the rebirth of nature: a stylized international radioactive sign shrouded in leaves surrounded by animals that are increasing their populations in the 30-kilometer exclusion zone, which has become a special breeding reserve for black storks, Przewalski’s horses, lynxes, bison, moose, and brown bears; there is a circular legend against a smooth background, reading: ЧОРНОБИЛЬСЬКИЙ РАДІАЦІЙНО-ЕКОЛОГІЧНИЙ БІОСФЕРНИЙ ЗАПОВІДНИК (Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve) (to the left), CHORNOBYL RADIATION AND ECOLOGICAL BIOSPHERE RESERVE; the coin’s issue year 2022 (below); and the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works (above).

Reverse: against the outline of a landscape scene is a brown bear (pad printing), above there is the legend, against a smooth background: ВЕДМІДЬ/БУРИЙ (BEAR/BROWN) / URSUS ARCTOS; above is a sow with a cub.

This coin commemorates a Princess of Kyiv, the eldest daughter of Yaroslav the Wise, under whose rule the Kyivan Rus state reached the peak of its power and who, with a diplomatic goal, concluded dynastic marriages that cemented foreign political alliances and raised the prestige of the state. In 1044, Yelysaveta became the wife of King of Norway Harald Sigurdsson, who during his first visits to Kyiv had fallen in love with the princess and, having gained fame and treasures, returned to marry her. In her second marriage, Yelysaveta Yaroslavna wed King of Denmark Sweyn II Estridsson after the death of Harald, who was killed in battle. The main sources containing information about Yelysaveta are the Icelandic sagas, the West European chronicles, and poems by Harald himself, which he composed in honor of Yaroslav`s daughter.

Obverse: above, against a smooth background is the small coat of arms of Ukraine; an ornament with an interwoven trident, which decorates an inlaid iron ax dated the 10th-13th centuries, is in the center; to the right and to the left are stylized ornaments typical of medieval Scandinavia and Kyivan Rus, which underline close relations and contacts between the two states in the Middle Ages; the legends read the following: УКРАЇНА/2022 (UKRAINE/2022) (under the coat of arms), the coin’s face value – 2 and the hryvnia’s graphic symbol ? (below); the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works (to the left on the background of the ornament).

Reverse: there is a stylized image of Yelysaveta Yaroslavna against the background of a decorative frieze with Scandinavian wood and stone carving patterns illustrating her husband Harald Sigurdsson’s military and poetic talents; and the legends in the style of ancient Norse runes reading: ЕЛЛІСІФ КОРОЛЕВА/НОРВЕГІЇ ТА ДАНІЇ (ELLISIF QUEEN / NORWAY AND DENMARK) (on both sides of Yelysaveta`s image), ОЛИСАВА ЄЛИЗАВЕТА/ЯРОСЛАВНА (OLYSAVA YELYSAVETA/YAROSLAVNA) (below).