UKRAINIAN COMMEMORATIVE COIN 2018

XII PARALYMPIC WINTER GAMES

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Putting into circulation : 18 October 2018

Technical Specifications

 

Denomination

Metal

Weight, g

Diameter, mm

Quality class of coinage

Edge

Mintage, pcs

2

nickel silver

12.8

31

special uncirculated

corrugated

35000

 

 Series: Sport.


The commemorative coin celebrates Paralympic Winter Games 2018 held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on 9–18 March 2018. Ukraine’s national team was represented by 33 athletes, who won 22 medals: seven gold, seven silver, and eight bronze medals. Ukraine ended up sixth in the general rating of the games and fourth by the total number of medals earned.

Obverse: there is a conventionalized torch – one of the symbols of the Olympic Games – in the form of the Roman number XXІІІ, burning with a colored flame (pad-printing); to the left is Ukraine’s small coat of arms, above which are the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine) and the coin’s issue year – 2018; to the right, against the backdrop of conventionalized snowflakes, is the coin’s face value – 2 ГРИВНІ (2 hryvnias). Beneath to the right is the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works.

Reverse: a paralympic athlete during the competitions; the logo of the National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine is on the left, against a matt background; at the top is a semicircular legend that reads ХІІ ЗИМОВІ ПАРАЛІМПІЙСЬКІ ІГРИ 2018 ЗБІРНА УКРАЇНИ 22 МЕДАЛІ (ХІІ Paralympic Winter Games 2018 The National Team of Ukraine 22 medals).

 This coin is located in a plastic case.