Depicts a portrait of Maria Montessori, on the right three pedagogical teaching tools (puzzle boards in the form of a divided circle and triangle, as well as a cube with magnetic balls). The acronym of the engraver LSD and RI monogram of the Italian Republic on the right. In the left bottom corner the mint mark R. The year of Maria Montessori's birth above and the year of issue down. Around the outer ring the 12 stars of the European Union.

Engraver: Luciana de Simoni

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.