On the coin obverse in the center, there is a depiction of St.Sophia Cathedral, temple of Kyiv Rus period, the pearl of old Russian architecture of 11^th century, framed with beads decoration. Under it there are inscriptions: the period of cathedral foundation - 11^th century, respective face value and the year of coin issue. Above, around the coin circumference there is an inscription: УКРАЇНА.

On the coin reverse there is a depiction of "Virgin Orante", the Cathedral's main mosaic in the center of the vegetal circumference ornamentation. The figure of Virgin Orante splits the horizontally located inscription