Above, to the right and to the left are the numbers 20 and 19 accordingly with Ukraine`s small coat of arms in between; underneath the coat of arms is the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); below is the coin’s face value - 2 ₴; a conventionalized composition featuring a book of Mykola Lukash’s translations with the following authors: GOETHE/ FLAUBERT/ SCHILLER/ RILKE HEINE/ CERVANTES/ BURNS TUWIM/ HUGO VERLAINE/ BOCCACCIO/ MICKIEWICZ (to the left, against a matt background) and ҐЕТЕ/ ФЛОБЕР/ ШИЛЛЕР/ ГЕЙНЕ РІЛЬКЕ/ СЕРВАНТЕС/ТУВІМ БЕРНС/ ВЕРЛЕН ГЮГО/ БОККАЧЧО/ МІЦКЕВИЧ (to the right, against a smooth background). On the right is the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works against a smooth background.