The obverse of the coin in the center shows the small State Emblem of Ukraine, under it is the year of minting of the coin - 2006, the inscriptions in a circle are: NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE (above), TWO GRIVNY (bottom) and the logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine.
The reverse of the coin depicts a portrait of MP Vasilenko against the background of a stylized ornament of the 20s, to the left of which in two lines - years of life 1866 - one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, and the inscription NIKOLAY VASILYENKO is placed in a semicircle.
Dedicated to the 140th anniversary of the birth of Nikolai Prokopovich Vasilenko (1866 - 1935) - a lawyer, historian, state and public figure. Mykola Vasilenko - the founder of the Ukrainian historical and legal science, did a lot for the revival and development of national education, science and culture, actively supported the state independence of Ukraine, academician (1920) and one of the founders of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. Artist: obverse: Demyanenko Vladimir reverse: Ivanenko Svyatoslav Sculptor: Ivanenko Svyatoslav