On the obverse of the coin there are: at the top - the small State Emblem of Ukraine, on both sides of which - 2021; in the center - a stylized composition: against the background of a window of a rural house - a portrait of Vasily Stefanyk, to the right of which is a spikelet, which symbolizes a writer's pen; inscriptions: UKRAINE (above the portrait), face value - 2 (on the right), hryvnia (in a semicircle on the right), Vasyl Stefanyk 1871-1936 (in a semicircle below) the logo of the Banknote-Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine (on the right between the inscriptions).

The reverse of the coin depicts a lonely figure of a man on a mirrored background, going on a long journey, in the foreground is a stone cross, to the right and left of which are spikelets, on both sides of the figure are stylized birds.

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Dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of a talented Ukrainian writer-innovator, unsurpassed master of expressionism novellas, poet, public figure and politician. The works of the prose writer are placed in one volume, but his name stands next to the names of the world's outstanding novelists, they amaze with their exceptional truthfulness, true originality and artistic perfection. The collection of short stories "The Blue Book" became a significant milestone in the development of Ukrainian prose. It brought V. Stefanyk universal recognition and was greeted with enthusiastic reviews by I. Franko, Lesya Ukrainsky, M. Kotsyubinsky, O. Kobylianska, and the collection "Stone Cross" was perceived as an outstanding literary event.