The obverse depicts a European tree frog and dragonfly among water reeds. At the bottom right of the design is the Slovak coat of arms, with the year of issuance ‘2023’ positioned directly above it. The name of the issuing country ‘SLOVENSKO’ is inscribed along the upper right. At the bottom edge is the mint mark of the Kremnica Mint (Mincovňa Kremnica), consisting of the letters ‘MK’ placed between two dies, and to the left of it are the stylised letters ‘RL’, referring to the coin’s designer Roman Lugár.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
SLOVENSKO
2023
Reverse description
The reverse shows a deer drinking at Morské oko lake and the resulting ripples on the water’s surface, all set against a mountain backdrop framed within a semicircular line. The coin’s denomination and currency ‘20 EURO’ are inscribed above the mountains. The words CHRÁNENÁ KRAJINNÁ OBLASŤ VIHORLAT (Vihorlat Protected Landscape Area) appear along the edge of the upper half of the coin, above the semicircular line.