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Description:
Obverse
The second royal seal of 1142 of Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal, is encircled by alternately the country's seven castles and the five coats of arms, which appear an the Portugese flag, and the letters of the word "PORTUGAL", themselves encircled by the twelve stars of Europe
Reverse
A map, next to the facial value, symbolizes the gathering of the fifteen nations of the European Union
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