On the obverse of the coin at the top there is a small State Emblem of Ukraine, in a circle of inscriptions: NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE (above), FIVE CHRIVAN (below), on the right - the logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine; in the center: the year of coinage - 2017, to the right of which is a vertical ornamental strip; Composition symbolizing the region: the Transfiguration Church (p. Bolshaya Sorochintsy), the house of the hydropathic (Myrgorod) lyre, the inkwell and the feather are symbols of literary creativity; on the left is a stylized image of the KrAZ `Hurricane` car, created at the Kremenchug Automobile Plant, the only truck manufacturer in Ukraine; below - ears of corn, pumpkin, grapes, apple, kumanets (from the pottery capital of Ukraine - Opishni).

On the reverse of the coin, the coat of arms of the region is depicted, the inscriptions are placed in a circle: Poltava region (above), FOUNDED IN 1937 (below).

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It is dedicated to the industrial-agrarian region, located in the Middle Podniprovye, which belongs to the historical lands, which became the core of the formation of Ukrainian literature and culture. Poltava is represented by a pleiad of its most famous natives G. Skovoroda, I. Kotlyarevsky, N. Gogol, M. Lysenko, O. Gonchar, A. Pchelka, P. Mirny, V. Simonenko; masters of sieve of carpets and opishnyanskaya ceramics In the structure of industrial production of the modern Poltava region, the largest share belongs to the fuel and energy complex, mining and engineering. Famous Poltava region and its mineral waters of the resort `Mirgorod`.