On the obverse of the coin there is a theatrical mask, at the top there is an inscription in a semicircle NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE, under which is the small State Emblem of Ukraine and the year of minting of the coin 2008, at the bottom - 2 / GRIVNY and the logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine.
It is dedicated to the industrial-agrarian region, located in the Middle Podniprovye, which belongs to the historical lands, which became the core of the formation of Ukrainian literature and culture. Poltava is represented by a pleiad of its most famous natives G. Skovoroda, I. Kotlyarevsky, N. Gogol, M. Lysenko, O. Gonchar, A. Pchelka, P. Mirny, V. Simonenko; masters of sieve of carpets and opishnyanskaya ceramics In the structure of industrial production of the modern Poltava region, the largest share belongs to the fuel and energy complex, mining and engineering. Famous Poltava region and its mineral waters of the resort `Mirgorod`.