Description:
Obverse
A portrait drawn by Raphaël of Dante Alighieri, housed in the Pope Julius II Wing of the Vatican City Palace, is encircled by the twelve stars of Europe.
Reverse
A map, next to the facial value, shows the 15 states of the European Union.
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