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Coin of the Bank of Abkhazia took second place in the international coin competition

14-10-2021 11:48

The commemorative coin "75 Years of Victory", issued by the National Bank of the Republic of Abkhazia, took second place at the XV International Coin Contest "Coin Constellation" in the nomination "Best Artistic Solution".

Coin Constellation is the only international commemorative coin contest in Russia. Over its long history, it has become one of the most respected in the world. The organizer of the competition is Water Mark Publishing House.

Among the participants of the Mint Constellation in 2021: ART MINT (France), Hungarian Mint, Italian Mint, Royal Australian Mint, Royal Netherlands Mint, Polish Mint, Paris Mint, Lithuanian Mint, Belgian Mint , Royal Canadian Mint, Swiss Federal Mint, South African Mint; Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Bank of Latvia, Bank of Israel, Bank of Poland, National Bank of the Republic of Abkhazia, Central Bank of Hungary, etc.

A commemorative coin of the Bank of Abkhazia is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Its author is the artist Batal Dzhapua; the coin was minted at the Moscow Mint of Goznak.

The reverse of the coin features a photograph of the army photojournalist S. Korotkov entitled "Mother", which depicts an Abkhaz woman Marushcha Pachulia with a photograph of her son Alexei Arshba, who died heroically in a battle in Sevastopol in 1942.