On the obverse of the coin in its upper part there is a small State Emblem of Ukraine, and at the bottom of the image: printed attributes on the right: board, printing press, cutter; on the left there is a scroll with a seal, an inkwell, as well as inscriptions in four lines: UKRAINE, 5, GRIVEN, 2001 and the logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine.

On the reverse of the coin in the center of the composition is placed the image of the teacher and students, in the background on the right is the Round Tower and the contours of the church. The general background that unites the images is the first page of the Ostrozhsky primer printed by Ivan Fedorov’s printing house, on the left is the coat of arms of Prince Vasily Konstantin Ostrozhsky and the semicircular inscription: OSTROZHSKAYA ACADEMY, below - the date of its foundation - 1576.

Ribbed

It is dedicated to the first Ukrainian high-level school - the Ostroh Academy founded by V. Ostrozky in 1576. Slavic, Greek, Latin and so-called free sciences (grammar, arithmetic, rhetoric, logic, etc.) were taught in this school . Its first rector was the writer GD Smotritsky, and the pupils were the famous scientist and writer M. Smotrytsky, hetman Peter Sagaidachny and others. The Ostrog Academy is closely connected with the printing house, in which the works of school teachers were printed, and in 1581 Ivan Fedorov published the Ostrog Bible. Artist: Ivanenko Svyatoslav, Belyaev Sergey Sculptor: Ivanenko Svyatoslav