Depicts 27 swallows (27 member states) swarm around the state name abbreviation (BE). The swallows move in unison and fly in one group after the trigger. The inscription below. The engraver's initials', and the mintmaster's privy mark and the mintmark on the left. The outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

• Royal Dutch Mint's mintmark: Caduceus or Mercury's wand, a short staff entwined by two serpents
• Royal Belgian Mint Director's privy mark: Aster flower in front of an Erlenmeyer flask (Giovanni Van de Velde)
• Engraver: Iris Bruijns (IB)

A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the right side of the coin. The inscription 2 EURO is superimposed over the map of Europe, with the numeral “2” located in an open field representing the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

12 stars are located on the right side of the outer ring, with six stars atop the map of Europe and six stars below it; six vertical stripes cut across the inner core of the coin, visually connecting the upper and lower star segments.

Luc Luycx, a designer at the Royal Belgian Mint, designed the Euro’s common reverse; his initials, LL, are seen on the right side of the design, just under the “O” in “EURO.”

The sequence "2 ★ ★" repeated six times alternately upright and inverted