Depicts the official logo for Ireland’s 50th anniversary of membership in the European Union. It comprises the letters eu in stylised Gaelic lowercase letters along with the intertwined numerals 50, with the zero including five, 5-pointed stars representing the five decades of EU membership. The word ÉIRE (Irish for "Ireland") is shown above the letters EU. Above and below the logo are the anniversary years 1973 and 2023. The outer ring contains the twelve stars of the European Union.

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