Above, to the left, is the semicircular legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), under which are the coin’s issue year (2018) and Ukraine’s small coat of arms; in the center is the following conventionalized composition: two male hands holding weapons from different epochs, which symbolize Ukraine’s defenders from different historical times; against a smooth background are the following legends: ЗА ЧЕСТЬ! ЗА СЛАВУ! ЗА НАРОД! (For honor! For glory! For the people!); beneath, to the left, against the backdrop of a conventionalized shield fragment is the coin’s face value 10/ГРИВЕНЬ (10/hryvnias); to the right is the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
УКРАЇНА
2018
ЗА ЧЕСТЬ!
ЗА СЛАВУ!
ЗА НАРОД!
10
ГРИВЕНЬ (Translation: Ukraine For Honor! For Glory! For the People! 10 Hryven)
Reverse description
There is a conventionalized composition depicting an airport defender against the background of the half-ruined control tower, with a Ukrainian flag flying above it; to the right are bullet-ridden metal constructions with the vertical legend: КІБОРГИ. UA/ 26•05•2014/21•01•2015 (CYBORGS. UA/ 26•05•2014/21•01•2015).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
КІБОРГИ; UA
26.05.2014
21.01.2015 (Translation: Cyborgs; Ukraine)
Edge
Reeded
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)