Description

Ukrainian State Symbols Flag

This set celebrates the main state regalia and the symbols of Ukraine that embody the national idea and reflect the state’s historical continuity. Ukrainian state symbols tell millions of Ukrainians about the glory of their ancestors. The trident – a symbol of the Kyiv state of Volodymyr the Great – symbolizes the continuity of the historical development of the Ukrainian people. The song “Ukraine is not Yet Dead” has, for a century and a half, become a powerful symbol of Ukrainians’ struggle for independence, and is now their national anthem. The combination of blue and yellow – which has long been used by Ukrainians to represent their identity, and which stands for a clear sky and a wheat field – was for the first time officially approved as the Ukrainian flag by the Ukrainian People’s Republic. The set consists of the following coins: Ukraine’s Coat of Arms, Ukraine’s Flag, and Ukraine’s Anthem.

Obverse of Ukraine’s Flag coin: above is Ukraine’s small coat of arms; against the backdrop of sunrays is a flapping stylized blue and yellow flag (pad-printed); to the left are the legend 2022/УКРАЇНА/5 (2022/Ukraine/5), the graphic symbol of the hryvnia and the legend /НАШ/СТЯГ (Ukraine’s flag); beneath are the following lines from the Flag poem: СИНІЙ, ЯК МОРЕ, ЯК ДЕНЬ, ЗОЛОТИЙ – /З НЕБА І СОНЦЯ НАШ ПРАПОР ЯСНИЙ./ОЛЕКСАНДР ОЛЕСЬ (as blue as the sea, as gold as daylight – /from sky and sunlight our flag is bright./Oleksandr Oles; there is also the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works.

Reverse of Ukraine’s Flag coin: surrounded by sunrays is an ornamented stylized bird, holding a guelder-rose branch and symbolizing the soul of Ukrainians who strive for freedom and independence; beneath is the legend НАША ДУША (our soul).