Above is Ukraine`s small coat of arms, to the right of which is the semicircular legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); against a smooth background, are the 12 symbols of the oriental calendar depicted around a circle; in the center of the circle is a stylized clock with a hand pointing to the rat – the symbol of the current year; below the hand is the coin issue year 2020; beneath, to the left, is the semicircular legend 5 ГРИВЕНЬ (5 hryvnias); against a matt background, are the symbols of each season that were stylized to resemble a Ukrainian ornament: a snowflake (above), a flower (to the right), a berry (beneath), and a leaf (to the left); the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works is to the right, above the symbol of the tiger.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
УКРАЇНА
2020
5 ГРИВЕНЬ (Translation: Ukraine 2020 5 hryvnias)
Reverse description
There is a curled up rat – the symbol of the current year according to the oriental calendar; the rat is circled with the following stylized symbols: snowflakes (above, to the right), flowers (beneath, to the right), fruit (beneath, to the left), and tree branches (above, to the left).
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
Edge
Reeded
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)