On the obverse of the coin there is a stylized fragment (on the left) of the sheet “The Tale of Time Lit” with its initial lines and the following are placed: in the center of the coin is the small State Emblem of Ukraine, under which there is an inscription in three lines - the NATIONAL BANK of UKRAINE, the denomination is 50 UAH, year coins minted - 2006, the designation of the metal, its samples - Au 900, the mass in purity - 15.55 and the logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine.
On the reverse of the coin there is a stylized iconographic portrait of Nestor (left), who writes his work, and the inscriptions are placed: NESTOR- / SUNWRIST (on the right vertically) and XI - XII centuries. (At the bottom).
Dedicated to the old Russian thinker and chronicler, the author of the first works of living literature to Nestor the chronicler, whose apex of creativity was the chronicle of the Tale of Time Literature (1113) - an inexhaustible source of historical research. Artist: Taran Vladimir, Haruk Alexander, Haruk Sergey Sculptor: Tchaikovsky Roman, Ivanenko Svyatoslav