Depicts three Italian flags in the wind, representing the three anniversaries (1911, 1961 and 2011) and illustrating a link between generations. There are a number of inscriptions: at the top, the inscription "150th Anniversary of Italian Unification"; at the right, the initials RI (Italian Republic); at the bottom, the dates 1861 › 2011 › ›; under the dates, at the centre, the mint mark R, and at the right, the initials of the artist Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini and his profession (incisore - engraver in Italian), ELF INC. The twelve stars of the European Union surround the design on the outer ring.

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