Above is the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), below which is a stylized gold-plated page (local gilding) from the Suprasl Irmologion (1598–1601) – the oldest extant manuscript written in sheet music and a source of Kyiv Church liturgical heritage and music, which is stored in Ukraine’s Volodymyr Vernadskyi National Library; to the left of the page is Ukraine`s small coat of arms, below which is the coin’s issue year – 2020; to the right of the page is the coin’s face value 20/ГРИВЕНЬ (20/hryvnias).
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
УКРАЇНА
2020
20 ГРИВЕНЬ
Reverse description
In the center is a fragment from the Raising of the Cross with the Family of John III Sobieski ico (1670–1689), which is kept in Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv; the fragment shows rhythmic and solid representations of chanters singing from music; above are the following stylized legends: ЗБІРНИК/ ЦЕРКОВНИХ ПІСНЕСПІВІВ/ ІРМОЛОГІОН (collection/of church chants/irmologion); under the image of the chanters is a stylized fragment of an irmologion page.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
ЗБІРНИК
ЦЕРКОВНИХ ПІСНЕСПІВІВ ІРМОЛОГІОН
Edge
Smooth with in-depth legends
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)