To the left, are the coin issue year 2018, Ukraine’s small coat of arms and the vertical legends UKRAINE/УКРАЇНА; to the right, are the coin face value П’ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ (five hryvnias), the coin’s metal and fine weight Ag 999 15,55 (Ag 999 15.55) (vertically), and the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works (beneath); above, against a smooth background with a stylized image of a tree of life bearing apples, is a graphic representation of the letter A, which symbolizes learning, writing, and literacy; under the letter is a stylized composition that symbolizes the development of high technologies: against a green backdrop containing numbers that make up a binary code (pad printing) is an apple featuring a human fingerprint (local gilding, fine weight no less than 0.0001 g).
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
2018
UKRAINE
УКРАЇНА
П`ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ
Ag999 15,55
Reverse description
Against a smooth background containing numbers that make up a binary code is a bas-relief depicting a human head, inside which is a square showing da Vinci`s proportions of a human face; above the bas-relief, against a black background, is a green QR code (pad printing) – a two-dimensional matrix bar code, symbolizing the achievements of alphanumeric coding, which is used internationally; there are the following vertical legends: THE ERA OF TECHNOLOGIES (to the left) and ЕРА ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ (to the right).
Reverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Reverse lettering
THE ERA OF TECHNOLOGIES
ЕРА ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ
Edge
Smooth
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)