On the obverse of the coin there are: at the top - the small State Emblem of Ukraine, to the right of which there are inscriptions: УКРАИНА / 2 ГРИВНИ / 2021; a composition that symbolizes the activity of an orientalist and a source of knowledge - a geometric decor from open books, which are combined into a multi-ray star, in the center of which are the words of A. Krymsky: I UNDERSTOOD / WHAT SHOULD BE / UKRAINOPHIL - I UNDERSTOOD IT / COMPLETELY CONSCIOUSLY; under the quote - facsimile A Crimean; logo of the Banknote-Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine (bottom right).
On the reverse of the coin, against the background of vertical lines, which bring a certain drama and symbolize the tragic fate of the scientist, there is a portrait of Agatangel Krymsky, under the portrait there are diagonally placed inscriptions: AGATANGEL (left), KRYMSKY (right); below are the years of his life - 1871-1942.
Dedicated to the Ukrainian historian, Slavist, linguist, orientalist, writer, translator, one of the founders of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences and one of the first academicians - Agatangel Efimovich Krymsky. Fluent in almost sixty languages, mainly oriental, as well as knowing all the dialectal features of the Ukrainian language, he made a significant contribution to Ukrainian oriental studies and Ukrainian studies. The uniqueness of A. Krymsky as a phenomenon in world culture was marked by the decision of the General Assembly of UNESCO to include this outstanding figure in the list of the greatest figures of mankind.