The commemorative coin made of nickel silver is made to ensure the usual level of coinage quality, dedicated to the revival of the Assumption Cathedral of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, a historical and architectural monument of Rus’ - Ukraine of the 11th - 18th centuries.

The obverse of the coins is framed with a baroque ornament, a stylized image of an octagonal star; fragments of the ornament outside the star are decorated with the heads of seraphim. In the middle of the star on a mirror background there is an image of the small State Emblem of Ukraine, below the coat of arms there is a horizontal inscription, - «UKRAINE» (UKRAINE), below, a two-line inscription of the coin’s denomination, - «5 / HRYVEN» (5 / HRYVEN), below the denomination, the year of issue of the commemorative coins, - «1998».

The reverse of the coin is filled with a stylized image of the Assumption Cathedral, destroyed in 1941; its ruins are depicted below the cathedral. Along the perimeter of the upper part of the reverse there is an inscription in a semicircle - «USPENSKY CATHEDRAL OF KIEV - PECHERSK LAURA» (USPENSKY CATHEDRAL OF KIEV - PECHERSK LAVRIA), above the domes of the cathedral there is an inscription - «XI century.»

You can find companions for this coin, by series or by year of issue, in the VPcoins catalogue.