Coin Ukraine 2023 #04 Pavlo Skoropadskyi

This coin celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Pavlo Skoropadskyi, a Ukrainian state and political figure, military leader, and a hetman of Ukraine (1918). After coming to power, Skoropadskyi – who descended from an ancient Cossack family – focused on solving the economic and financial problems of the state, launched land reform, and developed the armed forces of the Ukrainian State. He also made a significant contribution to national and cultural policies – he helped establish a number of national state scientific, cultural and educational institutions in Ukraine. In less than eight months, he managed to bring about considerable economic changes and improve the health of the state’s finances. His Letter to All Ukrainian People, dated 29 April 1918, declared that the rights to private property – which lay the foundation of culture and civilization – are being fully restored.

Obverse: beneath, against a smooth background, are Ukraine’s small coat of arms and the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); to the right is the coin’s issue year 2023; in the center, against the backdrop of the stylized array of flying flags is a triangle (a vignette by Heorhiy Narbut) that stands for the cultural and economic prosperity of the Ukrainian State achieved under Skoropadskyi’s Hetmanate; around the triangle are the following legends: УКРАЇНІЗАЦІЯ (promotion of the Ukrainian language and culture) (above), ОСВІТА (education) (to the left) and ГРИВНЯ (hryvnia) (to the right); above, against a smooth background, are the coin’s face value 2 and the graphic sign of the hryvnia; beneath, to the left is the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works.

Reverse: to the right is a portrait of Pavlo Skoropadskyi; to the left of the portrait is a composition symbolizing the Ukrainian Revolution; above, against a smooth background, are the years of Skoropadskyi’s birth and death 1873 • 1945; beneath is the legend ПАВЛО/СКОРОПАДСЬКИЙ (Pavlo/Skoropadskyi).