Description:
Obverse
Above is Ukraine's small coat of arms; there are circular legends: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine) (above), П'ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ (five hryvnias) (below); to the right is the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works; in the center is a conventionalized composition that symbolizes the oblast: Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (Akkerman) Fortress, under which are the coin's issue year - 2017 (to the right), conventionalized waves and a ship, and a harbor crane (to the left); beneath are a sandy beach with a beach chair and a beach umbrella, an amphora and a bunch of grapes.
Reverse
There are the oblast's coat of arms and the circular legends: ОДЕСЬКА ОБЛАСТЬ (Odesa oblast) (above), ЗАСНОВАНА У 1932 РОЦІ (established in 1932) (below).
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