Depicts of the statue of Hibernia, the historic personification of Ireland, on top of the General Post Office in Dublin, the headquarters of the provisional government during the Rising. Additionally, the centenary dates and the name ‘Hibernia’ in hand-rendered lettering influenced by the Book of Kells.

Hibernia is the Classical Latin name for the island of Ireland. The name Hibernia was taken from Greek geographical accounts. Hibernia as a national personification representing Ireland appeared in numerous cartoon and drawings, especially in the nineteenth century. As depicted in frequent cartoons in Punch, a magazine outspokenly hostile to Irish nationalism, Hibernia was shown as "Britannia's younger sister".

Éire is Irish for "Ireland", the name of an island and a sovereign state.

Engraver: Emmet Mullins

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