Above, against a smooth background, is Ukraine`s small coat of arms, on both sides of the which are the figures 2020; above the coat of arms is the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); below the coat of arms is the coin’s face value 5/ГРИВЕНЬ (5/hryvnias); on both sides of the coat of arms and legends are stylized branches with leaves; against a matt background are the following legends: КNИГИ/ БУТТЯ/ УКРАЇN-/СЬКОГО/ NАРОДУ (books about the life of the Ukrainian people) (to the left), СТАТУТ/ СЛОВ’ЯN-/СЬКОГО/БРАТСТВА/СВ. КИРИЛА/ І МЕФОДІЯ (bylaw of the Slavic Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood) (to the right); beneath is the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
УКРАЇНА
2020
5 ГРИВЕНЬ
Reverse description
Against a smooth background are portraits of some of the brotherhood’s members: Shevchenko’s portrait (to the left), Kostomarov’s portrait (in the center), and Kulish’s portrait (to the right); beneath is a wax seal; there are the following legends: КИРИЛО-МЕФОДІЇВСЬКЕ ТОВАРИСТВО (Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood) (above, semicircular); 175/РОКІВ (175/years) (above the portraits); ТАРАС ШЕВЧЕНКО (Taras Shevchenko) (under Shevchenko’s portrait); МИКОЛА КОСТОМАРОВ (Mykola Kostomarov) (under Kostomarov’s portrait); ПАНТЕЛЕЙМОН КУЛІШ (Panteleimon Kulish) (under Kulish’s portrait); and І ПІЗНАЄТЕ ІСТИНУ, І ІСТИНА ВИЗВОЛИТЬ ВАС (and you will learn the truth, and the truth will set you free) (semicircular, above the seal).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
КИРИЛО-МЕФОДІЇВСЬКЕ ТОВАРИСТВО
175 РОКІВ
Edge
Reeded
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)