On the obverse of the coin at the top there is a small State Emblem of Ukraine, the inscription on the left is UKRAINE, on the right is the face value of 5 griven (vertical inscription) and the year of minting of the coin 2017; stylized composition: on the pavement there is a tramway, pointing upwards as a symbol of movement towards progress, and the inscription: KIEV 1892 / PARIS 1881 / BERLIN 1881 / LONDON 1901; Logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine (bottom left).

On the reverse of the coin is a tram with passengers against the background of the Kiev landscape and at the top of the semicircle there are inscriptions tram traffic IN KIEV / 125 / years.

special uncirculated

Dedicated to the launch of an electric tram in Kiev. Electric tram was created by the inventor and famous engineer Werner von Siemens. In 1881, his company opened the first tramway in the world between Berlin and Lichterfeld. In the same year, electric trains began to ply the streets of Paris. In June 1892 in Kiev, one of the coolest in the city of Aleksandrovsky Descent (now Vladimirsky) set off an electric tram. His route ran from Tsarskaya Square to the Lower Square (now European and Postal). The invention of Siemens was very useful for the `city on seven pagorbs`. By the end of the XIX century Kiev was almost 50 kilometers of electrified tram tracks.