Above, to the left, is Ukraine’s small coat of arms, below which is the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); above, to the right, is the coin face value 5/ГРИВЕНЬ (5/hryvnias); in the center, against a matt background, are the following legends: ЗАКОН/ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ/ ДЕРЖАВИ/ ПРО ЗАСНУВАННЯ/ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ АКАДЕМІЇ НАУК/ В М. КИЄВІ/ ЗАТВЕРДЖУЮ/ ПАВЛО СКОРОПАДСЬКИЙ/ 14 ЛИСТОПАДА 1918 РОКУ М. КИЇВ (the law adopted by the/ Ukrainian /state establishing/ Ukraine’s Academy of Sciences/ in the city of Kyiv/ approved by/ Pavlo Skoropadskyi / 14 November 1918 city of Kyiv); under the legends is a facsimile of Skoropadskyi’s signature; beneath is a stamp of the Ukrainian state, on both sides of which are the following years: 1918 and 2018; there is also the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works.
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Cyrillic (cursive)
Obverse lettering
УКРАЇНА
5 ГРИВЕНЬ
1918 - 2018
Reverse description
Against the backdrop of the Presidium of Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences is a portrait of Volodymyr Vernadskyi; above the presidium are the following legends: НАЦІОНАЛЬНА/ АКАДЕМІЯ НАУК/ УКРАЇНИ (Ukraine’s/National/Academy/of Sciences); beneath is a stylized number 100, with the years 1918 and 2018 inscribed inside the zeros of the number.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
НАЦІОНАЛЬНА АКАДЕМІЯ НАУК УКРАЇНИ
Edge
Reeded
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)