Description:
Obverse
Above on the silver coin is Ukraine's small coat of arms, below which is the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); in the center against a smooth background is the theater's building; beneath are the following legends: 20/ГРИВЕНЬ (20/hryvnias).
Reverse
There is the following conventionalized composition: an auditorium (gold-plated on the silver coin), above which are heraldic griffons holding a lyre, which symbolizes the art of music, and the legends: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ АКАДЕМІЧНИЙ ТЕАТР (semicircular above), ОПЕРИ ТА БАЛЕТУ УКРАЇНИ ІМ. Т. Г. ШЕВЧЕНКА (under the griffons) (The Taras Shevchenko National Opera of Ukraine), and 150 РОКІВ (150 years) (beneath).
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