On the lusterless surface, the following is depicted: above there is the state coat of arms of Ukraine with the inscription Ukraine to the right and the year of issue underneath; against the note rows there is the relief image of a swallow, under which to the right there is the face value and the mark of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine.

The state coat of arms of Ukraine is the Tryzub (trident). The modern "trident" symbol was adopted as the coat of arms of the Ukrainian People's Republic in February 1918. The design has precedents in seals of the Kiyivan Rus'. The first known archeological and historical evidence of this symbol can be found on the seals of the Rurik dynasty. It was stamped on the gold and silver coins issued by Prince Volodymyr the Great (980–1015).

There is a group of singing carolers, one of them is holding a Christmas star, above which there are the inscriptions 'Shchedryk, shchedryk, shchedrivochka'.