Depicts stylized human figures (male and female) made up from the ribbon-like net, surrounded by the inscription JOURNALISM in Finnish and Swedish. Date below, surrounded by the Mint of Finland’s logo (lion) and FI as an abbreviation for country of issue. The twelve stars of the European Union surround the design on the outer ring of the coin.

Designer: Hannu Jasoni Veijalainen

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 edge reads SUOMI FINLAND (the name of the country in Finnish and Swedish, its two official languages) and contains three lion heads.