2023 Spain €2 Coin Issue "Presidency of the European Union"

• Mint: Royal Spanish Mint
• Denomination: €2
• Quality: UNC
• Issue limit: 1.5 million
  
• Alloy: Base Metal
• Diameter: 25.75 mm
• Weight: 8.5 grams
• Box/Capsule: No/No
• Certificate: No

On July 1, 2023, Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. It will do so for a six-month period, until December 31, 2023. It is the fifth time since Spain became a member of the EU (1986).

On the obverse, a drawing celebrating the Spanish presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first semester of the year 2022 ; all around, the name of the issuing country ESPAÑA (in English SPAIN), the year of issue 2023 and the legend “PRESIDENCIA ESPAÑOLA CONSEJO DE LA UNIÓN EUROPEA” ; at the bottom, the crowned M of the Real Casa de la Moneda ; on outer ring, the twelve emblematic European five-pointed stars