There are the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine (above), the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine), a conventionalized image of the main building (to the right) against the background whereof there are depicted the symbols of science with the face value: 5/ГРИВЕНЬ (5/hryvnias); to the left there are depicted the radio telescope (the glory of the research-and-development plant of the university) and the book, being the knowledge symbol, with the coin issue year indication 2010 thereunder.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
5 ГРИВЕНЬ
2010
Reverse description
University buildings with the portrait of V.L.Kyrpychov, the founder and first director of the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ ТЕХНІЧНИЙ УНІВЕРСИТЕТ
`ХАРКІВСЬКИЙ ПОЛІТЕХНІЧНИЙ ІНСТИТУТ`
125 РОКІВ (Translation: National Technical University `Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute` 125 years)
Edge
Smooth with in-depth legends
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)