Above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular legend НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine); in the center there is a composition whose constituents mirror the scientist`s view of life: the terrestrial globe, crystal lattice of silicon, human figurine and burst of light symbolizing the new life birth; below there are the coin face value П`ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ (five hryvnias) and issue year indication 2013.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
П`ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ
2013
Reverse description
In the foreground to the right there is a portrait of Volodymyr Ivanovych Vernadsky; to the left above there is depicted the terrestrial globe with the scholar`s dictum `ЦАРСТВО МОЇХ ІДЕЙ ПОПЕРЕДУ` (The realm of my ideas is yet to come) and his years of life 1863/1945 thereunder; below there is the inscription В. І. ВЕРНАДСЬКИЙ (V.I.Vernadsky).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
ЦАРСТВО МОЇХ ІДЕЙ ПОПЕРЕДУ
1863-1945
В. І. ВЕРНАДСЬКИЙ
