Obverse : Twelve stars surround the Cologne Cathedral, with the inscription NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN below, mint mark J above left, D located to the left of the 1 o'clock star, (date) below at both sides of 6 o'clok star.
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. |
