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’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works; in the center is a composition that symbolizes the peninsula: the Ayu-Dag (Bear Mountain), to the right of which is the coin’s issue year – 2018; against the backdrop of conventionalized waves is an ancient ship, below which are the Khan’s Palace in Bakhchysarai and the gazebo in which Prince Volodymyr was baptized (to the left); beneath are a bunch of grapes, an amphora, a Tatar and ancient coins, and mountain lavender flowers.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
П`ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ
2018
Reverse description
Against the background of the ornament used on the work called “The Plate” by Rustem Skybin, is a conventionalized map of Ukraine; there are the following circular legends: АВТОНОМНА РЕСПУБЛІКА КРИМ (Autonomous Republic of Crimea) (above), УКРАЇНА (Ukraine) (below).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
АВТОНОМНА РЕСПУБЛІКА КРИМ
УКРАЇНА
Edge
Segmented reeding
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)