The centre features an image of a person in motion with dot-connecting lines going through his body and resembling a constellation. In the background of this image, a starry sky is depicted at the top of the coin, while a terrain with frosting of different intensity – at the bottom. The inscription `IMANTS ZIEDONIS` is semi-circled to the right along the upper edge of the obverse.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
IMANTS
ZIEDONIS
Reverse description
The centre displays a tree with branches full of bursting buds and different living creatures, among them also a person reading a book. One of the lower branches is shaped like the number `5` with the inscription `EURO` in the upper part of the number. The inscription `2023`, arranged in a semicircle, is at the bottom on the right.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
5 EURO
2023
Edge
The edge bears the inscriptions `LATVIJAS REPUBLIKA` and
Mint
Lithuanian Mint (Lietuvos Monetu Kalykla), Vilnius, Lithuania (1990-date)