Above is Ukraine`s small coat of arms; there are circular legends: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine) (above), П`ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ (five hryvnias) (below); to the right is the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works; in the center is the issue year - 2017, to the right of which is a vertical ornament; there is a composition that symbolizes the oblast: the Transfiguration Church in the village of Velyki Sorochyntsi, the building of the spa in the town of Myrhorod; a lyre, an ink pot, and a feather - symbols of creative writing; to the left is a conventionalized image of a KrAZ Hurricane, a vehicle produced at the Kremenchuk car factory, which is the only producer of freight trucks in Ukraine; below are ears of wheat, a pumpkin, grapes, an apple, and a round flask that comes from Opishnia, the Ukrainian pottery capital.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
П`ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ
2017
Reverse description
There is an image of the oblast`s coat of arms and the circumferential legend.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
ПОЛТАВСЬКА ОБЛАСТЬ
ЗАСНОВАНА У 1937 РОЦІ (Translation: Poltava oblast established in 1937)
Edge
Segmented reeding
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)