Above is Ukraine’s small coat of arms and the following legends: УКРАЇНА (Ukraine) (underneath the coat of arms); the coin’s face value 5/ ГРИВЕНЬ (5/hryvnias) (to the right of the coat of arms); in the center is a symbolic wheel of life that marks rebirth of nature: stylized international radioactive sign shrouded in leaves surrounded by animals that are increasing their populations in the 30-kilometer exclusion zone that became a kind of a breeding reserve for black stork, Przewalski’s horse, lynx, bison, moose, and brown bear; there is a circular legend against a smooth background, reading: ЧОРНОБИЛЬСЬКИЙ РАДІАЦІЙНО-ЕКОЛОГІЧНИЙ БІОСФЕРНИЙ ЗАПОВІДНИК (Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve) (to the left) CHORNOBYL RADIATION AND ECOLOGICAL BIOSPHERE RESERVE; the coin’s issue year 2021 (below); and the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works (above).
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
ЧОРНОБИЛЬСЬКИЙ РАДІАЦІЙНО-ЕКОЛОГІЧНИЙ
БІОСФЕРНИЙ ЗАПОВІДНИК
CHORNOBYL RADIATION AND ECOLOGICAL BIOSPHERE RESERVE
УКРАЇНА
5 ГРИВЕНЬ
2021
Reverse description
Against an outline of a landscape scene is Przewalski’s horse, above there is a legend against a smooth background: КІНЬ/ ПРЖЕВАЛЬСЬКОГО/ (Przewalski’s horse) EQUUS FERUS PRZEWALSKII; above – a horse and a foal.
Reverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Reverse lettering
КІНЬ ПРЖЕВАЛЬСЬКОГО
EQUUS FERUS PRZEWALKII
Edge
Reeded
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)