To the right is Ukraine’s small coat of arms, under which is the angled legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); to the left is the angled face value 5 ГРИВЕНЬ (5 hryvnias); in the center, against the background of concentric circles that resemble a target and a fragment of a topographic image of the Babyn Yar area that resembles blood splashes, is the following stylized composition: a heart with a bullet hole in it; there are the following legends: БАБИН ЯР 1941 (Babyn Yar 1941) (semicircular, above) and the coin’s issue year – 2021 (below); above, to the left is the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
БАБИН ЯР 1941
5 ГРИВЕНЬ 2021
УКРАЇНА
Reverse description
There is the following composition depicting the Babyn Yar tragedy: anthropomorphic figures that appear to be lying underground and that symbolize families who have been shot dead.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
80-ТІ
РОКОВИНИ ТРАГЕДІЇ В БАБИНОМУ ЯРУ (Translation: 80 years since the Babyn Yar tragedy)
Edge
Reeded
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)