Finally, I removed all unnecessary things, all details from one of the sketches that was realized finally. The search for an artistic solution turned out quite complicated. “The idea of reflecting the moment of triumph on one of the coins, when the main trophy of the World Cup appears in the hands of the winner, was offered by my colleague. The author of the coin was Sergey Kozlov, a consultant of the Division of Currency Units and Counterfeiting Prophylactics of the Department of Cash Circulation of the Bank of Russia.ĭuring the work upon the coin sketches, the artist looked for an exact symbol of the sportive triumph. The coin was submitted by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and the Saint Petersburg Mint – Branch of Goznak. The competition jury named “2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia” coin with the face value of 3 roubles the best “Souvenir coin”. A fan cannot abstract his mind from the game result, victories or losses as it was, Andrey looked for artistry and expressiveness of the players’ plastics for the football images on the coins abstractly. In his opinion, the fact that he was not a football fan helped him a lot in achieving the set task. The author of the coin design, an artist of the Design Center of Goznak Andrey Brynza who made sketches for the majority of coins dedicated top FIFA World Cup said that as always he had wanted to do the job well and most importantly, elude standard solutions and find interesting plastic devices. “2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia” (special edition) submitted to the competition by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and the Moscow Mint of Goznak won the first place in the “Best circulating coin” category. This year, 41 participants presented more than 220 coins from 26 countries. Four coins struck at the Mints of Goznak received high awards in a few categories. The ceremony of awarding laureates and winners of the 12th International “Coin Constellation-2018” Competition of Commemorative Coins took place in Moscow, at the Ninth International Coin Conference and Exhibition COINS 2018, on November 2.
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