Depicts Prince Charles III, as shown in a portrait by François-Auguste Biard currently preserved in the Throne Room of the Prince's Palace of Monaco, in front of the city of Monte Carlo in 1866. The country name above, flanked by the mint (left) and mintmaster (right) marks. Inscription "1866 Charles III Foundation of Monte Carlo 2016" below.

Mintmark (bottom left): Cornucopia (Paris Mint, Pessac, France)
Mint master mark (bottom right): Pentagon with letters AG, MP and YS (Yves Sampo)

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