Numismatic Products Catalogue

This coin celebrates the continuation of the story of two hearts that have become one. Love is something that envelops us from birth, accompanies us throughout our lives, and stays with us forever, even if everything else passes. This feeling inspires great achievements, nourishes our souls and ignites a fire in our hearts. This commemorative coin echoes the timeless love stories that have inspired artists and dreamers for centuries.

Obverse: against a smooth background, is a stylized rose made to look like a heart (decorative element – local gilding); the rose has the word “love” inscribed in it in the most common languages of the world, emphasizing the universality and boundlessness of this feeling, which has no borders and language barriers; above the rose are Ukraine’s small coat of arms, the legend УКРАЇНА (with the dots above the letter “Ї” made to look like a heart), the coin’s face value 10, and the graphic symbol of the hryvnia; beneath is the legend 20 / 25.

Reverse: in the center, against a smooth background is a heart (decorative element – local gilding), from which waves spread out evenly. The stylized image symbolizes sincere and all-encompassing love, the vibrations of which reach the innermost depths of the soul.

This coin celebrates the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine (FISU) – a leading component of Ukraine’s security and defense forces. The FISU provides information for strategic decision-making in the foreign policy, economic, military, scientific, technical, information, environmental and cybersecurity spheres, contributing to the strengthening of national security and sovereignty of the state. This commemorative coin emphasizes the importance of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine and its contribution to the protection of the country’s national interests.

Obverse: above is Ukraine’s small coat of arms. Around the perimeter of the coin’s circle, the first three words of the name of the agency are encrypted in Morse code. These words are duplicated in the lower part of the coin: СЛУЖБА ЗОВНІШНЬОЇ РОЗВІДКИ УКРАЇНИ (Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine). The center of the coin depicts a cross, which is the main element of the new symbols and departmental awards of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine. In the center of the cross is the trident (a state symbol used by Kyiv Rus Prince Volodymyr the Great), framed by the service’s motto in Latin: OMNIA VINCIT VERITAS (Truth Conquers All Things). The outlines of the continents of the globe around the center symbolize the spatial scope of the service’s intelligence activities. Beneath, to the left, are the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works, the coin’s face value 5, and the graphic symbol of the hryvnia. The legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine) and the coin’s issue year 2025 are beneath to the right.

Reverse: there is a stylized trident, around which the words of a well-known Ukrainian political figure are encrypted in numbers. The encryption was based on the code of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and a code word chosen by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine. From the day the commemorative coin is issued into circulation, the FISU will announce a competition among decryption specialists. Within a certain period of time, they will be able to decipher the encoded message. The text of the decrypted message will be published in the description of the coin six months after the date of its introduction into circulation. The terms and conditions of the competition and its results will be available on the FISU’s official website.

This commemorative coin celebrates the Archangel Michael, one of the main archangels, who is known as the Commander of the Heavenly Host (commander-in-chief in Greek). The Archangel Michael is one of the most revered biblical characters among believers. He leads “the heavenly army of angels,” and is the patron of soldiers who fight for just causes. Respect for the Archangel Michael has been maintained since the days of Kyiv Rus to the present day. He was a symbol of the heavenly protection of Kyiv Rus princes. Later on, this reverence was manifested not only in toponyms – in the names of church buildings, but also in heraldry – on the coats of arms of Kyiv, the Voivodeship of Kyiv, and the Province of Kyiv. Today, the image of the Archangel Michael is present in the badges of Ukrainian troops and continues to symbolize the fight against evil.

Obverse: above is Ukraine’s small coat of arms, below which is the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); in a circle, against the background of the MM-14 pattern (the 2014 camouflage pattern, also known by its unofficial names Pixel and Ukrainian Pixel), is a stylized wreath made of laurel leaves, which stands for glory and victory; at the bottom of the coin are its face value 10 and the graphic symbol of the hryvnia; in the center, in an octagonal cartouche, against a smooth background, is the NBU logotype, below which is the following legend: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ/ БАНК УКРАЇНИ/2024 (National/Bank of Ukraine/2024).

Reverse: against a smooth backdrop, is an image of the Archangel Michael, to the right and left of whom are stylized silhouettes of Ukrainian soldiers, helicopters and anti-tank hedgehogs, symbolizing Ukraine’s struggle for independence; there is a circular legend, reading: …ЗА НАС І ДУШІ ПРАВЕДНИХ, І СИЛА АРХІСТРАТИГА МИХАЇЛА (...the souls of the righteous and the power of the Archangel Michael are with us) (from the Haidamaky poem by Taras Shevchenko); the lines are written in ChebanykSansN.2017 © VasylChebanyk script.