Depicts a member of the Swiss Guard taking his oath on the flag of the Swiss Guard, facing the right side. In the top part of the inner circle, the inscription Papal Swiss Guard surrounds the guard, while the bottom part carries the inscription Vatican City. The guard is surrounded by four other inscriptions, with the year 1506 and the signature of the designer to his left and the year mark 2006 and the mint mark R to his right. The twelve stars of the European Union surround the design on the outer ring.

Artist: Orietta Rossi
Engraver: Maria Carmela Colaneri (MCC. INC.)

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