There is the small State Emblem of Ukraine in the middle of the beads circumference decoration, framed with guelder-rose sprays. Above the State Emblem there is the year of issue -1996. Around the coin circumference there are inscriptions: at the coin upper part - НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ and at the coin lower part:
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
1996
200000
КАРБОВАНЦІВ
Reverse description
Lesya Ukrainka portrait is depicted. Around the coin circumference there are inscriptions: ЛЕСЯ УКРАЇНКА - to the left and 1871-1913 - years of poetess birth and death - to the right.
