The portrait of of King William-Alexander surrounded by 12 colored orange stars can be seen to the left of the centre. On the right side there are three vertical lines reading "William-Alexander, King of the Netherlands" and the date, all of which are underlined. Before and after the date are the marks of the National Mint Director and the Royal Dutch Mint.

Mint mark: Caduceus (Mercury's wand, a short staff entwined by two serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings), the logo of the Royal Dutch Mint (Utrecht, the Netherlands)

Mint master mark: sailboat+star (Ted Peters, 2017)

The star indicates that the piece was struck at the beginning of the term of office of a successor

Engraver: Erwin Olaf

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.”

GOD BE WITH US in Dutch. The same lettering had been applied to the larger denomination Guilder coins.