Depicts two whooper swans (the national bird of Finland) flying over Finnish landscape are encircled by the twelve stars of Europe. The date is visible in the landscape to the lower right. The privy mark (letter M) of the Mint of Finland’s President and CEO Raimo Makkonen to the left side of the horizon.

The design is taken from a competition for a coin to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the independence of Finland.

Engraver: Pertti Kalervo Mäkinen

A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the right side of the coin. The inscription 1 EURO is superimposed over the map of Europe, with the numeral “1” 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.”