Face representing Italy encircled by a five-pointed star with details from the coat of arms of the Italian Republic: a cogwheel, oak and olive branches; above, between two points of the star, a towered crown; below, the Eurostar logo (the special mark used on coins to indicate participation in the Europa Coin Programme) and the name of the designer; below, on the right, the mintmark “R”; around, the country name.

Depicts a view of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan by architect Giuseppe Mengoni specially focused on the castiron dome; the value and the year of the coin’s issue above; the arch-shaped inscription "Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II” above and the inscription “Iron Architecture in the centre”.

The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is Italy's oldest active shopping gallery and a major landmark of Milan in Italy. Housed within a four-story double arcade in the centre of town, the Galleria is named after Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy. It was designed in 1861 and built by architect Giuseppe Mengoni between 1865 and 1877.

The Milan gallery and its roof have been acknowledged as an important reference on 19th-century iron-and-glass architecture. The roof consists of four barrel vaults (approximately 14.5 m in width and 8.5 m in height) that are crowned with a huge dome (around 37.5 m as internal diameter and 17.10 m in height).