The Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine) (above); the monument fixed upon Taras Shevchenko`s grave; to the right there are the lines from his poetry: `...ЩОБ ЛАНИ ШИРОКОПОЛІ І ДНІПРО І КРУЧІ БУЛО ВИДНО БУЛО ЧУТИ ЯК РЕВЕ РЕВУЧИЙ.` (So that the fields, the boundless steppes, The Dnieper`s plunging shore My eyes could see, my ears could hear, The mighty river roar) with T. Shevchenko`s signature; below to the right there is a conventionalized image of the Dnieper-river with the logo of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint over it, to the left, there is the legend 5 ГРИВЕНЬ 2011 (5 Hryvnias 2011).
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Cyrillic (cursive)
Obverse lettering
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
...ЩОБ ЛАНИ ШИРОКОПОЛІ І ДНІПРО І КРУЧІ БУЛО ВИДНО БУЛО ЧУТИ ЯК
РЕВЕ РЕВУЧИЙ.
5 ГРИВЕНЬ 2011
Reverse description
A conventionalized sketch of T. H. Shevchenko`s reburial route from Saint Petersburg to Kaniv (to the right), bas-relief of Taras Shevchenko`s portrait on the cross fixed upon Chernecha Hill after the reburial (to the left).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
8-22 ТРАВНЯ 1861 РОКУ
ОСТАННІЙ ШЛЯХ КОБЗАРЯ
Edge
Reeded
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)