On the obverse of the coin at the top there is a small State Emblem of Ukraine, under which the year of minting of the coin 2017, the inscription UKRAINE and face value 2 / UAH; on a mirror background are depicted: on the left - the Roman Cathedral (built with the assistance of Joseph the Blind), under which the inscriptions: THE COLLECTION / THE HOLY / SOFIA, / ROME; on the right is the Lviv Cathedral, under which are the inscriptions: THE COLLECTION / HOLY / JURAH, / LVOV (the Cathedral of the Galician Metropolis of the UGCC, headed by Metropolitan Joseph the Blind, in which his ashes rest) the logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine (left)

On the reverse of the coin on the mirror background is a portrait of Joseph the Blind, who seems to be clamped by the corners of the opaque planes, symbolizing the martyr, ascetic fate of the patriarch, on both sides of the portrait - words from his will ... pray / WORK and / fight for / SAVE / CHRISTIAN / SOULS (left), EACH / HUMAN / UKRAINIAN / KIND AND FOR ALL / UKRAINIAN / people ... (right) and inscriptions: Patriarch Joseph / Blind; below - the emblem of the patriarch, on both sides of which are indicated the years of his life - 1892 and 1984.

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Dedicated to the church and public figure, teacher, patron of the arts, theologian, patriarch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (1975 - 1984) Joseph the Blind (worldly name - Joseph Ivanovich Kobernitsky-Dychkovsky). Joseph Blind - a symbol of Ukrainian indestructible spirit, his goal was to consolidate the Ukrainian in the world.