The portrait of Her Majesty the Queen can be seen to the left of the centre. Twelve stars can be seen at the left side of the edge. On the right side there are three vertical lines reading "Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands", all of which are underlined. Between the three lines, near the lower edge, are the marks of the National Mint Director and the Royal Dutch Mint. The year appears horizontally under the name "BEATRIX". This design was taken from the former Dutch guilder.

Mint mark: Caduceus (Mercury's wand, a short staff entwined by two serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings), the logo of the Royal Dutch Mint (Utrecht, the Netherlands)

Mint master marks (the star indicates that the piece was struck at the beginning of the term of office of a successor):
1999: Bow and arrow – Drs. Chr. van Draanen
2000: Bow and arrow with a star – E. J. van Schauwenburg
2001: Vine branch and fruits – R. Bruens
2002: Vine branch and fruits with a star – Maarten Brouwer
2003–2006: Sailboat – Maarten Brouwer

Engraver: Bruno Ninaber van Eyben

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.”