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Description:
Obverse
Above is the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), the coin face value 5 ГРИВЕНЬ (5 hryvnias), Ukraine's small coat of arms, and the coin issue year 2017; against a smooth background is the following conventionalized composition: a Ukrainian flag with a trident in the center, below which is a composition symbolizing a broken Russian empire; the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works is on the left.
Reverse
There is the following conventionalized composition: a moving flag bearer with a blue and yellow flag (colored, pad-printed) against the background of columns of demonstrators holding flags and banners. These demonstrators symbolize those dramatic events in Ukrainian history when there were mass rallies, slogans, and calls to independence, freedom, etc.; there are also the following legends: УКРАЇНСЬКА РЕВОЛЮЦІЯ (Ukrainian revolution) (above), 1917/1921 (below).
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