Depicts the geographical map of Croatia. The date on the right, country name below. Surrounded by the twelve stars of the European Union.

The horseshoe-shaped country is distinctive in its own right and would easily identify where the coins originate from at first glance. Croatia shares international borders with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. Croatia also shares a maritime border with Italy in the Adriatic Sea.

Engraver: Ivan Šivak

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.”

Depicts a quote from the Hymn to Freedom by Ivan Gundulić from Dubrovnik (1628): Oh beautiful, oh dear, oh sweet freedom