Description:
Obverse
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.
Reverse
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).
Related Coins
2 Hryvni (80th Anniversary of the Battle of Kruty)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 2 Hryvni
2 UAH = 0.07 USD
Year: 1998 / Material: Copper-nickel-zinc
10 Hryven (Black vulture)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 10 Hryven
10 UAH = 0.37 USD
Year: 2008 / Material: Silver (.925)
2 Hryvni (Kyiv National University of Economics)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 2 Hryvni
2 UAH = 0.07 USD
Year: 2006 / Material: Copper-nickel-zinc
2 Hryvni (Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 2 Hryvni
2 UAH = 0.07 USD
Year: 2001 / Material: Copper-nickel-zinc
5 Hryven (Roman Shukhevych)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 5 Hryven
5 UAH = 0.18 USD
Year: 2008 / Material: Silver (.925)
5 Hryven (Taras Shevchenko National Prize)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 5 Hryven
5 UAH = 0.18 USD
Year: 2011 / Material: Copper-nickel-zinc
100 Hryven (1025th Anniversary of Christianization of Kyivan Rus)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 100 Hryven
100 UAH = 3.70 USD
Year: 2013 / Material: Gold (.900)
5 Hryven (City of Zbarazh)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 5 Hryven
5 UAH = 0.18 USD
Year: 2011 / Material: Copper-nickel-zinc
2 000 000 Karbovantsiv (Modern Olympics)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 2000000 Karbovantsiv
(2000000 UAK)
Year: 1996 / Material: Silver (.925)
10 Hryven (Ukrainian Bush Cricket)
Country: Ukraine / Denomination: 10 Hryven
10 UAH = 0.37 USD
Year: 2006 / Material: Silver (.925)