Bears the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine (above) with the semicircular inscriptions НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine) above and П`ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ (five hryvnias) beneath and the coin issue year indication 2014 under the coat of arms; to the right there is the mark of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint; in the center there is a gate of the Kherson fortress, one of the oldest structures of the city of Kherson; to the right there is depicted the Adziogol Lighthouse built according to design of Vladimir Shukhov, an engineer and scholar; over the gate there is depicted a vessel as a symbol of the port and shipbuilding; to the left - three dolphins, below - gifts of the Kherson Oblast fields: water melon, tomato, grape, wheatears
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
2014
П`ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ
Reverse description
Oblast coat of arms with the semicircular inscriptions.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
ХЕРСОНСЬКА ОБЛАСТЬ
ЗАСНОВАНА У 1944 РОЦІ (Translation: Kherson Oblast established in 1944 year)
Edge
Segmented reeding
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)