On the obverse of the coin at the top there is a small State Emblem of Ukraine and a semicircle inscription NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE; in the center - the image of a book decorated with floral ornament, on the pages of which is the expression of the writer ... UKRAINE. IN THIS WORD FOR ME ALL. and pen; the nominal value at the bottom is 2 grivny, the year of coinage is 2013 (right) and the Mint logo of the National Bank of Ukraine.
The reverse of the coin depicts a portrait of Boris Grinchenko, to the left and right of which in the floral ornament the years of life one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, 1910; below the inscription - BORIS GRINCHENKO.
Dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the poet and prose writer, translator and literary critic, author of fundamental ethnographic, linguistic, literary and pedagogical works, historical essays, first textbooks on the Ukrainian language and literature, compiler of a four-volume explanatory dictionary of the Ukrainian language, one of the organizers and leaders Society `Prosvita` Boris Dmitrievich Grinchenko. Artist: Fundikova Natalya Sculptor: Demyanenko Vladimir, Atamanchuk Vladimir