Obverse : Twelve stars surround the effigy of Benedict XVI facing right, CITTÀ DEL VATICANO encircle the portrait, R over (date) at right.
Reverse : 1 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. |
