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This coin celebrates Archangel Michael – one of the most revered saints in the Christian tradition who leads “the heavenly army of angels,” and is the patron of those who champion justice. Today, the image of Archangel Michael is present in the badges of Ukrainian troops, embodying the uncompromising struggle against evil and providing spiritual support to Ukraine’s defenders.

Obverse: above is Ukraine’s small state 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 20 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/2025 (National/ Bank of Ukraine/2025), as well as the coin’s metal, its fineness and fine weight: AU 900 7.78. Beneath, to the left, is the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works.

Reverse: against a smooth backdrop, is an image of 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 Archangel Michael are with us) (from the Haidamaky poem by Taras Shevchenko); the lines are written in ChebanykSansN.2017 © VasylChebanyk script.