Above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular inscription - НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine), below - there is the face value ДВАДЦЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ (twenty hryvnias); within the bead circle, there is the Christmas star with carolers in the center; to the left of the carolers against the smooth surface, there is the year of issue - 2016; between each pair of rays of the star there are three bells.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
2016
ДВАДЦЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ
Reverse description
There is a composition divided into two parts with a conventionalized musical row from `Shchedryk`: above there is a portrait of Mykola Leontovych with a conductor`s baton in his right hand, a swallow is sitting on the composer`s left hand, to the right - there is the inscription МИКОЛА/ЛЕОНТОВИЧ (Mykola/Leontovych); there is the inscription ЩЕДРИК (shchedryk) to the left of the portrait against the background of concentric rings, symbolizing the sounds of music, with an insertion of cubic zirconium oxide; below there is the `carol of bells`: bells against the color holographic rings.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
МИКОЛА ЛЕОНТОВИЧ
Щедрик, щедрик, щед-рі-вочка, при-ле-тіла ластівочка.
