Depicts a profile of Jacques Chirac and the euro symbol in the background. The monogram of the French Republic (RF), date of the issue, mint mark and engraver's privy mark on the right. Jacques Chirac's name and dates of his life below the portrait. The outer ring contains the twelve stars of the European Union.

Jacques René Chirac (1932–2019) was a French politician who served twice as President of France from 1995 to 2007 and took France into the single European currency.

Mint mark of the Paris Mint (Monnaie de Paris in Pessac): Cornucopia (horn of plenty)

Privy mark of the General Engraver of the Paris Mint: Two nested squares superimposed on a rhinoceros head (Joaquin Jimenez)

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