Depicts the Henri Delaunay Trophy inside a trace of the map of France with the symbol of the mint director at the bottom right. To the right of the template the initials "RF" (Republique Francaise); the words "UEFA EURO 2016 FRANCE" upper arch; down a cross following a launch trajectory that led him to the front. The background of the design is made ​​up of graphical elements representing the tournament. On the outer edge 12 five-pointed stars representing the European Union.

The Henri Delaunay Trophy, which is awarded to the winner of the European Championship, is named in honour of Henri Delaunay, the first General Secretary of UEFA, who came up with the idea of a European championship but died five years prior to the first tournament in 1960. Since the first tournament, it has been awarded to the winning team for them to keep for four years, until the next tournament.

• Mintmark of the Paris Mint: cornucopia (horn of plenty)
• The Mint director Yves Sampo's privy mark: pentagon with letters AG, MP and YS
• Engraver: Joaquin Jimenez

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