On the obverse of the coin at the top there is a small State Emblem of Ukraine, the inscription UKRAINE; Year of coinage - 2017, the logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine and face value 2 / UAH; in the center on a mirror background is a fragment of the logo of the South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after KD Ushinsky, under which are the inscriptions: YUZHNOUKRAINSKY / NATIONAL / Pedagogical University / named after KD Ushinsky / 200 years.
The reverse of the coin contains an image of a modern university building and the inscription: GLORIA ET HONOR TIBI MAGISTER! (Above semicircle), ODESA (below).
Dedicated to one of the oldest educational institutions of Ukraine, the first pedagogical university in the south of our state, founded May 2, 1817 in the city of Odessa under the Richelieu Lyceum. In accordance with the charter of the Richelieu Lyceum, the Main Pedagogical Institute was founded to `... prepare smart and capable teachers who can successfully teach others what they themselves have learned.