On the obverse of the coin at the top, against a mirrored background, there is a small State Emblem of Ukraine, on both sides of which - 2020, above the emblem - the inscription UKRAINE; under the coat of arms - 5 / UAH denomination; on both sides of the coat of arms and inscriptions - stylized shoots with leaves; inscriptions on a matte background: KNIGI / BUTTYA / UKRAЇN- / SKOGO / NARODU (BOOKS BEING OF THE UKRAISIAN PEOPLE) (left), STATUT / WORDS'YAN- / SKOGO / BROTHERVA / ST KIRILA I METHODIA (CHARTER OF THE SLOVIAN BROTHERHOOD OF ST. KIRILL AND METHODIA) (right); logo of the Banknote-Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine (below).

The reverse of the coin depicts portraits of members of the society against a mirror background: T. Shevchenko (left), M. Kostomarov (center), P. Kulish (right), below - an imprint of a wax seal; inscriptions: KIRILL-METHODIE SOCIETY (top in a semicircle), 175 / YEARS (above the portraits), TARAS SHEVCHENKO (under the portrait of T. Shevchenko), NIKOLAY KOSTOMAROV (under the portrait of M. Kostomarov), PANTELEIMON KULISH (under the portrait of P. Kulish), І KNOW THE TRUTH, I THE TRUTH DESIGN YOU "(AND KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE) (in a semicircle above the seal imprint).

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Dedicated to the Ukrainian secret organization that arose in Kiev at the end of 1845, which was one of the manifestations of the rise of the national movement and the intensification of the all-Slavic movement. Cyril and Methodius society has a prominent place in the development of national-political and historical thought, the formation of the Ukrainian idea. M. Kostomarov, P. Kulish, T. Shevchenko, N. Gulak, G. Andruzsky, V. Belozersky played the leading role in society.