Obverse
The main building of Nizhyn Gogol State University, the wooden St.George's Church, a slate relief from the Boris and Gleb Cathedral, a meander ornament, ears of wheat, a crane, and trees; in the center is a conventionalized image of the Desna River.
Lettering: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ
П'ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ
2017
Reverse
There is the oblast's coat of arms and the circular legends: 'Chernihiv oblast' (above), 'established in 1932' (below).
Lettering: ЧЕРНІГІВСЬКА ОБЛАСТЬ
ЗАСНОВАНА У 1937 РОЦІ
