The Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine) (above); below there are the coin face value 5 ГРИВЕНЬ (5 hryvnias) and issue year 2011 with the logo of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint to the right; in the center there is the composition symbolizing the nominations of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine - an open book, quill, palette, brushes together with the lines from Taras Shevchenko`s poem `I mertvym, i zhyvym...` (`To the Dead and the Living...`)... `Учітесь, читайте, / І чужому научайтесь, / Й свого не цурайтесь` (...Learn, read, / Both foreign study, / And (our) own don`t shun.) and his signature.
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Cyrillic (cursive)
Obverse lettering
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
5 ГРИВЕНЬ
2011
Reverse description
A portrait of T.H.Shevchenko (to the right), the inscription (to the left) 50/ РОКІВ/ НАЦІОНАЛЬНА/ ПРЕМІЯ/ УКРАЇНИ/ ІМЕНІ/ ТАРАСА/ ШЕВЧЕНКА (50/ years/ National / Prize/ of Ukraine / named after/ Taras/ Shevchenko) and a conventionalized branch (beneath).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
50
РОКІВ НАЦІОНАЛЬНА ПРЕМІЯ УКРАЇНИ ІМЕНІ ТАРАСА ШЕВЧЕНКА
Edge
Reeded
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)