There is depicted a conventionalized coat of arms of Zaporizhia Army, left from which there is the small National emblem of Ukraine; 2005, the coin issue year (beneath) and the circular inscriptions: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine) (above), П`ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ (5/ hryvnia) (beneath), as well as the NBU Mint logotype.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
П`ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ
2005
Reverse description
There is a depiction of a Cossack community headed by a foreman; left there is a stone idol of Polovtsi tribe; under the composition there is a coat of arms of Kalmiuska palanqua. Around the coin circumference there are inscriptions: 500 РОКІВ КОЗАЦЬКИМ ПОСЕЛЕННЯМ. КАЛЬМІУСЬКА ПАЛАНКА (500 Years to Cossack settlements, Kalmiuska palanqua).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
500
РОКІВ КОЗАЦЬКИМ ПОСЕЛЕННЯМ. КАЛЬМІУСЬКА ПАЛАНКА
Edge
Reeded
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)