There are depicted: above - the Small State Emblem of Ukraine and the semicircular legend Національний банк України (National Bank of Ukraine), a townscape, typical for the Eastern Ukraine of the 19th century; below there are the inscription 2/ГРИВНІ (2/Hryvnias), the coin issue year 2008 (on the right) and the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint (on the left).
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
2 ГРИВНІ 2008
Reverse description
Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko and years of his life.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
ГРИГОРІЙ КВІТКА-ОСНОВ’ЯНЕНКО
1778 – 1843
Edge
Reeded
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)