Commemorative coin dedicated to the Year of the Defender of the Fatherland featuring an image of the Saur-Mogila Memorial Complex

Obverse

the centre of the disc bears the denomination of the coin ‘50 РУБЛЕЙ’ (50 RUBLES) with pictures of the number ‘50’ and the inscription ‘РУБ’ (RUB) hidden inside the figure ‘0’ and visible alternately when changing the angle of vision, and the mint mark below; the outer ring features the inscription ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA) at the top, the year of issue ‘2025’ at the bottom and stylised images of laurel and oak branches on the left and on the right, their elements extending onto the disc.

Reverse

a relief image of a fragment of the Saur-Mogila Memorial Complex and the relief inscriptions divided by points on the ring around the circumference ‘ГОД ЗАЩИТНИКА ОТЕЧЕСТВА’ (YEAR OF THE DEFENDER OF THE FATHERLAND) at the top and ‘САУР-МОГИЛА’ (SAUR-MOGILA) at the bottom.

Authors

Designers: A.V. Gnidin (obverse), F.S. Andronov (reverse).
Sculptors: computer simulation (obverse), F.S. Andronov (reverse).
Mint: Moscow Mint (ММД).
Edge: 150 corrugations and the inscription "50 РУБЛЕЙ" (50 RUBLES) recurring twice and divided by asterisks.

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To preserve historical memory, commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945, express gratitude to veterans, and honour the heroic deeds of the participants in the special military operation, the year 2025 has been declared the Year of the Defender of the Fatherland by the Russian President.

The Saur-Mogila Memorial Complex is dedicated to the liberation of Donbass by Soviet soldiers in 1943.

Sources: Executive Order of the President of the Russian Federation No. 28, dated 16 January 2025, ‘On Holding the Year of the Defender of the Fatherland in the Russian Federation’, https://histrf.ru.