Description obverse

The coin depicts the historical building of the Nikolaev astronomical observatory, in the background are a stylized fragment of a globe and the small State Emblem of the Ukraine. 2021 УКРАЇНА, П’ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ

Description reverse

Astronomical instruments in front of a meridian circle, above is the image of the symbolic center of the Nikolaev astronomical observatory with its coordinates, determined by the first director of the observatory Carl von Knorre (left) and the silhouette of the optical device – sextant (right); 1821 - 2021, 200 РОКІВ МИКОЛАЇВСЬКІЙ АСТРОНОМІЧНІЙ ОБСЕРВАТОРІЇ