Obverse : Twelve stars surround, Marianne, the symbol of the Republic facing left wearing the Phrygian cap. On the right the tricolour cockade appears in outline above the letters RF. 2015 at center and at left features a stanza from the poem "Liberté" by the French poet Paul Eluard.
Reverse : 2 on the left-hand side, six straight lines run vertically between the lower and upper right-hand side of the face, 12 stars are superimposed on these lines, one just before the two ends of each line, superimposed on the mid - and upper section of these lines; the European continent ( extended ) is represented on the right-hand side of the face; the right-hand part of the representation is superimposed on the mid-section of the lines; the word ‘EURO’ is superimposed horizontally across the middle of the right-hand side of the face. Under the ‘O’ of EURO, the initials ‘LL’ of the engraver appear near the right-hand edge of the coin. |
