In the middle, a flag is displayed as a symbol that unites people and cultures with shared visions and ideals for a better common future. Twelve stars that morph into human figures are embracing the birth of a new Europe. At the top, in a semi-circle, are the issuing country and the years, mint mark (stylized acanthus leaf, Athens) below. Under the first figure the initials of Georgios Stamatopoulos, the designer. The outer ring contains the twelve stars of the European Union.

The flag of Europe or the European flag is an official symbol used by two separate organisations — the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Union (EU) — as a symbol representing Europe. It consists of a circle of twelve five-pointed stars on a blue field.

The design was conceived in 1955 and officially adopted later that year by the Council of Europe as a symbol for the whole of Europe. The EU also inherited the emblem's use when it was formed in 1993. It has been in wide official use by the EC since the 1990s, but it has never been given official status in any of the EU's treaties. The flag is used by different European organisations as well as by unified European sporting teams under the name of Team Europe.

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.”

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