Ten Years of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the Birth of the Euro

The centre of the coin shows a stylised human figure whose left arm is prolonged by the euro symbol. The initials ΓΣ of the sculptor appear below the euro symbol. The name(s) of the issuing country in the national language(s) appear(s) at the top, while the indication 1999–2009 and the acronym EMU translated into the national language(s) appear at the bottom. The twelve stars of the European Union surround the design on the outer ring of the coin.

Engravers

Side	Name	Sign
Obverse	Luc Luycx	LL
Reverse	Georges Stamatopoulos  (gre. Γεώργιος Σταματόπουλος)	ΓΣ

Mintage

Mint	Mintage
	Circulation	BU	Proof
Madrid, Spain	8,000,000	70,000	2,500

Side
Map II

As the EU's membership has since expanded in 2004, 2007 and 2013, with further expansions envisaged, the common face of all euro coins from the value of €0.10 and above were redesigned in 2007 to show a new map.