Coin Ukraine 2023 #12 ‘Female Defenders’

This coin celebrates Ukrainian women. Ukrainian women dispel misconceptions and maintain the defenses on the front and in the rear: they fight, work, feed, volunteer, pray, wait, love, protect our families and their homeland, bringing us all closer to victory.

Obverse: in the center, against a smooth background, is a symbolic composition that shows the bravery, love of freedom, sincerity, tenderness and care of Ukrainian women, who are embodied in the images of mother and protector. When the war started, Ukrainian women took on a huge responsibility – to protect their homeland, while at the same time being wives, keepers of the home, and mothers; above is the semicircular legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); to the left of the legend are the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works decorated with stylized patterns of Ukrainian embroidery, the coin’s face value – 5 and the graphic symbol of the hryvnia; to the right of the legend are Ukraine’s small coat of arms decorated with stylized patterns of Ukrainian embroidery and the coin’s issue year – 2023.

Reverse: against a smooth background is a composition that stands for the femininity of Ukrainian women protectors: to the left are stylized waves of braided woman’s hair that stand for the accumulation of life force that is needed for good health and spiritual development; to the right is an outline of a female figure wearing a plakhta (a traditional Ukrainian wrap skirt) that symbolizes the initiation of womanhood (decorative element – pad printing).