Depicts two portraits of Charles de Gaulle at two different times in his life, an abstracted portrait of the general in the background (as general of the armies during the appeal of June 18 and during the liberation of Paris) and a relief portrait of the older de Gaulle in the middle picture level (during his second, seven-year term as president). In the foreground on the left is the Cross of Lorraine. The monogram of the French Republic "RF", the year of birth and death of de Gaulles "1890", "1970" and the year of issue "2020" integrated into the composition.

• Mintmark of the Paris Mint: cornucopia
• Trademark of the mint director Yves Sampo: pentagon
• Mark of the engraver Joaquin Jimenez: square within a larger square

The Cross of Lorraine is an emblem of Lorraine in eastern France. Between 1871 and 1918 (and again between 1940 and 1944), the north-eastern quarter of Lorraine (the Moselle department) was annexed to Germany. During that period the Cross served as a rallying point for French ambitions to recover its lost provinces. During World War II, Capitaine de corvette Thierry d'Argenlieu suggested the Cross of Lorraine as the symbol of the Free French Forces led by Charles de Gaulle as an answer to the Nazi swastika. The Cross of Lorraine was the symbol of Free France during World War II, the liberation of France from Nazi Germany, and Gaullism.

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.