Above, to the left, is Ukraine’s small coat of arms, below which is the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); above, to the right, is the coin face value 20/ГРИВЕНЬ (20/hryvnias); in the center, against a matt background, are the following legends: ЗАКОН/ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ/ ДЕРЖАВИ/ ПРО ЗАСНУВАННЯ/ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ АКАДЕМІЇ НАУК/ В М. КИЄВІ/ ЗАТВЕРДЖУЮ/ ПАВЛО СКОРОПАДСЬКИЙ/ 14 ЛИСТОПАДА 1918 РОКУ М. КИЇВ (the law adopted by the/ Ukrainian /state establishing/ Ukraine’s Academy of Sciences/ in the city of Kyiv/ approved by/ Pavlo Skoropadskyi / 14 November 1918 city of Kyiv); under the legends is a facsimile of Skoropadskyi’s signature; beneath is a gilt stamp of the Ukrainian state (decorated with local gilding), on both sides of which are the following years: 1918 and 2018.
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Cyrillic (cursive)
Obverse lettering
УКРАЇНА
20 ГРИВЕНЬ
1918 2018
Reverse description
In the center is the yellow building of the Presidium of Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, above which is the legend 100/ РОКІВ (100/ years); there is a circle made of portraits of the academy’s former presidents and their signatures: ВОЛОДИМИР ВЕРНАДСЬКИЙ (Volodymyr Vernadskyi) (above), ОРЕСТ ЛЕВИЦЬКИЙ (Orest Levytskyi) (to the right), МИКОЛА ВАСИЛЕНКО (Mykola Vasylenko) (to the left), ВОЛОДИМИР ЛИПСЬКИЙ (Volodymyr Lypskyi (to the left), ДАНИЛО ЗАБОЛОТНИЙ (Danylo Zabolotnyi) (to the right), ОЛЕКСАНДР БОГОМОЛЕЦЬ (Oleksandr Bohomolets) (beneath, to the left), ОЛЕКСАНДР ПАЛЛАДІН (Oleksandr Palladin) (beneath, to the right), БОРИС ПАТОН (Borys Paton) (beneath, in the center); below, against a matt background, is the following legend: НАЦІОНАЛЬНА/ АКАДЕМІЯ НАУК/ УКРАЇНИ (Ukraine’s/National/Academy/of Sciences).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
100 РОКІВ
НАЦІОНАЛЬНА АКАДЕМІЯ НАУК УКРАЇНИ
Edge
Smooth with in-depth legends
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)