There is a stylized cross made of an ornamental decorative band; inside the cross, against a smooth background, above, is Ukraine’s small coat of arms, below which is the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); there are stamps of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (to the left) and Epiphanius I of Ukraine, the Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine (to the right); between the stamps is the coin face value – 5, below which are the legend ГРИВЕНЬ (hryvnias), the coin issue year – 2019 and the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
УКРАЇНА
5
ГРИВЕНЬ
2019
Reverse description
Against the backdrop of the domes of St. Sofia’s Cathedral is a stylized fragment of the tomos; on both sides of the central dome is the date on which the tomos was issued – 6.01 and 2019 (6 January 2019); there is the following circular legend: НАДАННЯ ТОМОСУ ПРО АВТОКЕФАЛІЮ ПРАВОСЛАВНОЇ ЦЕРКВИ УКРАЇНИ (the issuing of a tomos on the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox church).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
НАДАННЯ ТОМОСУ ПРО АВТОКЕФАЛІЮ
ПРАВОСЛАВНОЇ ЦЕРКВИ УКРАЇНИ
06.01 2019
Edge
Reeded
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)