Obverse
Against the background of the Dnieper and the left-bank, the statue of Prince Volodymyr the Great, opened in Kyiv in 1853, is depicted.
Lettering: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК
П'ЯТДЕСЯТ ГРИВЕНЬ
УКРАЇНА
2008
Reverse
The portrait of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko holding the wreath with a lighted candle, light whereof is imitated by the hologram, and of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I with the inscription 'In Honor of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I Visit to Ukraine' around the circle.
Lettering: НА ЧЕСТЬ ВІЗИТУ В УКРАЇНУ ВСЕЛЕНСЬКОГО ПАТРІАРХА ВАРФОЛОМІЯ І