Above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular legend НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine); below there is the composition symbolizing the scholar`s activity in the bridge engineering which represents the Paton Bridge, the first fully welded bridge in Europe, the footbridge over Petrovska Alley and conventionalized Whatman`s paper sheet (to the left); beneath there is the inscription 5 ГРИВЕНЬ/2010 (5 hryvnias).
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
5 ГРИВЕНЬ
2010
Reverse description
There is a portrait of Yevhen Paton, to the right whereof there is the conventionalized image of electric arc scintillation that appears during the welding.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
ЄВГЕН ПАТОН
1870-1953
Edge
Smooth with in-depth legends
Mint
National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)