The inner part of the coin shows a representation of the ‘Holstentor’, the landmark gate of the town of Lübeck.

The word ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ appears underneath the gate at the bottom of the inner part. The engraver's initials ‘HH’ are depicted on the right hand side of the design.

One of the letters ‘A’, ‘D’, ‘F’, ‘G’ or ‘J’ appears as the mintmark on the left hand side of the design. Twelve stars form a semicircle on the upper part of the outer ring, interrupted by the year of mintage ‘2006’ at the top of the coin.

The words ‘Bundesrepublik Deutschland’ form a semicircle on the lower part of the outer ring.