Depicts a portrait of Alexandre Lamfalussy in front of circles with Euro sign, ECU (European Currency Unit, a former basket of the currencies of the European Community, precursor to the Euro) and BEF (Belgian Franc). The inscription above, date and the country code (BE for Belgium) below, the mint and privy marks on the bottom left. The outer ring depicts the twelve stars of the European flag.

Alexandre, Baron Lamfalussy (1929–2015), was a Hungarian-born Belgian economist and central banker. From 1994 to 1997 he was the founding president of the European Monetary Institute in Frankfurt, the forerunner to the European Central Bank.

• Royal Dutch Mint's mintmark: Caduceus or Mercury's wand, a short staff entwined by two serpents
• Royal Belgian Mint Director's privy mark: Coat of arms of the municipality Herzele (Ingrid Van Herzele)
• Engraver: Luc Luycx

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