Obverse features Ukraine`s small coat of arms, with vertical legends to the right: УКРАЇНА (Ukraine) and the year of mintage – 2019; against a smooth backdrop is a composition symbolizing the fight for liberation of the country – conventionalized images of a plane (above), sketched soldier defenders, guns, and an army tank; below, against the pictured hills, is the coin’s face value – 5/ГРИВЕНЬ (5 hryvnias), and the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works (to the left against a smooth backdrop).
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
УКРАЇНА
2019
5 ГРИВЕНЬ
Reverse description
Conventionalized red petals of a memorial poppy (based on the symbol to the memory of victims of war by S. Mishakin) are placed to the right, circling the legend: 1944 –/2019; to the left, against a relief background is a man’s profile (smooth) holding a child with a branch of laurel in his arms.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
1944-2019
Edge
Reeded
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)
