Above is Ukraine`s small coat of arms, with the issue year - 2017 beneath it; to the left is the semicircular legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), and to the right is the coin face value - 2 ГРИВНІ (2 hryvnias), below which is the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works; against a smooth background is a conventionalized composition depicting the hands of a master modeling a sculpture.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
УКРАЇНА
2 ГРИВНІ
2017
Reverse description
There is a portrait of Alexander Archipenko, to the right of which are the years of his birth and death - 1887 o 1964 (vertically below); there are also a conventionalized sculpture by Archipenko and the semicircular legends ОЛЕКСАНДР (Alexander) (below) АРХИПЕНКО (Archipenko) (to the right).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
ОЛЕКСАНДР АРХИПЕНКО
1887 - 1964
Edge
Reeded
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)