This coin celebrates one of the animals in the 12-year Chinese calendar.
Obverse: above is Ukraine’ s small coat of arms, to the right of which is the semicircular legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); against a smooth background are the 12 symbols of the Chinese calendar depicted around a circle; in the center of the circle is a stylized clock with a hand pointing to the rabbit – the symbol of 2023; below the hand is the legend 2023; beneath, to the left, is the semicircular legend 5 ГРИВЕНЬ (5 hryvnias); against a matt background are the symbols of each season that were stylized to resemble a Ukrainian ornament: a snowflake (above), a flower (to the right), a berry (beneath), and a leaf (to the left); the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works is to the left of the symbol of the rabbit.
Reverse: there is a stylized image of a rabbit – the symbol of 2023 according to the Chinese calendar; the rabbit is circled by stylized symbols of each season: snowflakes (above, to the right), flowers (beneath, to the right), fruit (beneath, to the left), and tree branches (above, to the left).