Depicts a cheerful crowd (with the stylized image of a musical instrument and notes floating in the air) symbolizing the atmosphere of celebration on the Day of Music. The words Music Day and the date 21 of June 2011 appear in the centre of the drawing. At the top, slanting rightwards, are the words 30th Anniversary and the letters RF appear at the bottom. The twelve stars of the European Union surround the design on the outer ring.

The mintmark (Cornucopia, the logo of the Monnaie de Paris) and the mintmaster privy mark (Pentagon with letters AG, MP and YS, Yves Sampo, the directors of the Paris Mint) appear respectively on the left and the right-hand sides of the year mark.

Engraver: Fabienne Courtiade

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