The inner part of the coin depicts Cretan rebels raising the Greek flag, a symbolic representation of Crete’s struggle for Union with Greece.

On the upper side, in circular sense and with capital letters the name of the issuing country ‘Hellenic Republic’ in Greek.
Underneath the words: ‘100 years of the union of Crete with Greece’ in Greek. On the right: ‘1913-2013’ and the monogram of the Greek Mint. In exergue, ‘????’ (monogram of the author G. Stamatopoulos).

The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.