Above there is the Small National Emblem of Ukraine with the semicircular legend НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine), in the center - the composition consisting of museum exhibits, in the foreground whereof there are `Kateryna` painting and a bandura; on the right of them there are the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint, coin issue year 2009 and the bow-shaped legend 5 ГРИВЕНЬ (5 hryvnias) thereunder.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
5 ГРИВЕНЬ
2009
Reverse description
Against the background of the building, an architectural monument of the first half of the 19th century, where the museum collection is located, there are T.H.Shevchenko`s portrait and inscriptions НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ МУЗЕЙ (National Museum) above, ТАРАСА/ШЕВЧЕНКА/60/РОКІВ (of Taras/Shevchenko/60/years) against the relief background.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ МУЗЕЙ ТАРАСА ШЕВЧЕНКА
60 РОКІВ
Edge
Reeded
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)