On the coin obverse there is a depiction of a fragment "Triumphal Banner" engraving by Shchyrskyi, made in honour of Prokop Kalachynskyi (1697-1702), the rector of the Kyiv-Mohyla Collegium. On the fragment foreground there is a depiction of Athena Pallada, as an allegoric symbol of science. She is holding the banner staff, changing gradually to baroque decoration of the obverse.Near the patroness of science there is a group of students of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. On the background there is the building  of  this educational institution. Petro Mohyla had been for a long time a guardian, "eternal defender" and a lecturer of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Against a background of the fragment there is the Small State Emblem of Ukraine. Around the coin circumference there are inscriptions: УКРАЇНА - above and 10 ГРИВЕНЬ - underneath in two lines. Under the depiction of the Academy Building there are inscriptions: 1996, year of issue - at the left and  designations of Аg 925 and 15,55, - coin's pure weight - in two lines, at the right. The whole composition is framed with the Ukrainian baroque ornament.