Spain 2 Euros, 2005

2 Euros from Spain. Issued in 2005. Struck in Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel centre in copper-nickel ring. Measures 25.75 mm and weighs 8.5 g.

Obverse

An image of Don Quixote holding a lance, with windmills in the background in centre, the country name to the left above the mintmark. The 12 stars of the European Union are shown in the outer ring of the coin, with four of them impressed into the surface, and the date at the bottom. (Spain 2005 M)

Reverse

A map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders.

Edge

Finely ribbed with edge lettering: six times the sequence "2 * * " alternately upright and inverted