Depicts on the left the effigy of Grand-Duke Henri, looking to the right. To the right of the design are the year-dates 1868–2018 and 150 ANS. Below the effigy of the grand-duke appears the text and a lateral cut view of an open book. The twelve stars of the European Union surround the design on the outer ring of the coin.

Mintmarks:
• Lion: Luxembourg's mark
• Caduceus or Mercury's wand: Royal Dutch Mint's logo
• Sint Servaas bridge: mint master Stephan Satijn of the Royal Dutch Mint

There are 3 types of this coin:
• UNC: Lion + Mercury’s wand marks
• BU: St Servaas bridge + Mercury’s wand marks
• Proof: Lion + St Servaas bridge marks

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