Description:
Obverse
A detail of the "Birth of Venus", a tableau painted by Sandro Botticelli circa 1485, is 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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