Coin «The Glorious City of Zaporizhzhia» 5 hryvnias, 2020, nickel silver

Obverse: above is Ukraine’s small coat of arms, to the right of which is the semicircular legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); there is the following symbolic composition: against the background of a vertical matt stripe, which symbolizes the Dnipro River, are stylized images of structures on the island of Khortytsia; to the right is the city’s coat of arms; to the left is a plan of Oleksandr’s Fortress, which was located on the site of the modern city of Zaporizhzhia; the coat of arms and the plan are connected to a bridge, like two banks of a river; below the bridge is the following legend: 5/ ГРИВЕНЬ/2020 (5/hryvnias/2020); to the left, under the plan, against a smooth background, is the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works.

Reverse: against a smooth background is the following stylized composition that symbolizes the city’s history and modern life: against the background of the smooth outline of a Cossack’s face is St. Nicholas Church, to the left of which is a stone sculpture; to the right is the city’s historic building; stylized modern residential buildings form the background of the entire composition; beneath is the horizontal legend ЗАПОРІЖЖЯ (Zaporizhzhia), under which is the dam of the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant.