Above is Ukraine`s small coat of arms, to the left of which is the semicircular legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); on the right is the coin face value 5 ГРИВЕНЬ (5 hryvnias) (written vertically) and the coin issue year 2017; there is the following conventionalized composition: tram tracks on a stone pavement aiming skywards as a symbol of progress and the legends КИЇВ (Kyiv) 1892/PARIS 1881/BERLIN 1881/LONDON 1901 (cities in which, and the years when, electric trams were launched); there is the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
УКРАЇНА
5 ГРИВЕНЬ
2017
КИЇВ (Kyiv) 1892/PARIS 1881/BERLIN 1881/LONDON 1901
Reverse description
There is a tram with passengers against the background of a Kyiv cityscape.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
ТРАМВАЙНИЙ РУХ В КИЄВІ
125 РОКІВ (Translation: Tram service in Kyiv 125 years)
Edge
Reeded
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)