The horizontally embossed surface of the obverse field symbolically reproduces the strings of the lyre, from which the melody supposedly sounds in the form of a stylized baroque ornament. Above there is a small State Emblem of Ukraine, the inscription of Ukraine stylized as a Cossack font; below - 5 griven, 2004 (on the right) and the Mint logo of the National Bank of Ukraine.
Dedicated to the ancient musical instrument, which is common in Ukraine from the XV - XVI centuries. Lyra (Rila, Rile, Nosti, etc.) - keyboard strings, bowed folk musical instrument. Artist: Taran Vladimir, Haruk Alexander, Haruk Sergey Sculptor: Atamanchuk Vladimir, Demyanenko Vladimir