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The Belgian euro coins are in Belgium in circulation Euro coins of the common European currency Euro . On January 1, 1999, Belgium joined the euro zone , which made the introduction of the euro valid as the future currency.

Circulation coins

All coins are minted in the Belgian mint in Brussels.

First mint series (1999-2007)

All eight coins have the same motif: the portrait of King Albert II and his royal monogram . The design also includes the twelve stars of the EU and the year of issue. Like most of the euro countries, Belgium began minting its euro coins with the newly designed front as early as 2007 (new map of Europe). The design of the picture side comes from Jan Alfons Keustermans .

Illustrations of the Belgian euro coins | National side

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Illustration and monogram of King Albert II.
€ 0.10	€ 0.20	€ 0.50
Illustration and monogram of King Albert II.
1.00 €	€ 2.00	Edge of the € 2 coin
Illustration and monogram of King Albert II.		The number 2 and ★ ★ (two stars) alternate six times , alternately upright and rotated 180 °.

Second series of embossing (2008)

Belgium had already struck the newly designed common front (new map of Europe) on its coins in 2007. In 2008 Belgium began the reorganization of the euro coins suggested by the EU . The national side of the coins of the second minting series in 2008 differ from those of the first in the following details: The portrait of King Albert II has been updated and to the right of it is his monogram and the country code BE . The year is now below the portrait, together with the symbol of the Belgian mint in Brussels - Archangel Michael with a cross as a helmet - and a scale for the mint master Romain Coenen. Luc Luycx designed the second embossing series . Differences in the design can be seen on the cheekbones and the hair swirl next to the king's forehead.

Third series (2009-2013)

The portrait of King Albert II was changed again for the 2009–2013 coinage, and the design by Jan Alfons Keustermans was used again, as was the case with the first series of coins. According to the guidelines recommended by the Commission of the European Communities on December 19, 2008 for the national sides of euro coins in circulation, it is permitted to update coin designs depicting the head of state every fifteen years to reflect changes in the appearance of the head of state. According to the new guideline, however, the 2008 update came too early and therefore had to be revised. The other changes of the redesign from 2008 were retained.

Version 1999-2007	Version 2008	Version 2009-2013

The office of mint master was held by Serge Lesens from 2009 to 2012, so that the current coins from 2010 to 2012 have a feather as his mint master's mark. Starting in 2013, a cat will be minted on the coins for the incumbent mint master Bernard Gillard.

Fourth series of embossing (since 2014)

Since Albert II abdicated on July 21, 2013, his son Philippe has been King of the Belgians.

Illustrations of the Belgian euro coins | National side

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Figure and monogram of King Philip
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Figure and monogram of King Philip
1.00 €	€ 2.00	Edge of the € 2 coin
Figure and monogram of King Philip		The number 2 and ★ ★ (two stars) alternate six times , alternately upright and rotated 180 °.

1 and 2 cent coins

On February 7, 2014, the Belgian cabinet approved a bill that provides for total amounts of 1, 2, 6 or 7 cents to be rounded down to a multiple of 5 cents, and to 3, 4, 8 or 9 cents. However, this measure will only come into force once a corresponding royal decree has been issued.

2 euro commemorative coins

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No.	image	Issue date image reference	occasion	Official Journal reference	Edition
1		May 20, 2005	Belgian-Luxembourg Economic Union		6,023,000
2		April 10, 2006	Reopening of the Atomium in Brussels		5,023,000
3		March 26, 2007	50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome Euro 13 joint edition		5,040,000
4th		May 30, 2008	60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights		5,018,000
5		January 27, 2009	10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) Euro 16 joint edition		5,012,000
6th		September 25, 2009	200th birthday of Louis Braille		5,013,500
7th		June 11, 2010	Belgian EU Council Presidency 2010		5,012,000
8th		May 3, 2011	100th International Women's Day		5,013,500
9		January 30, 2012	10th anniversary of the introduction of euro cash Euro 17 joint issue		5,022,000
10		June 6, 2012	75 Years of Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition		5,013,000
11		18th September 2013	100 years of the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium		2,010,000
12		May 12, 2014	Century commemoration of the First World War		1,712,000
13		18th September 2014	150 years of the Belgian Red Cross	1	0.287,500
14th		17th September 2015	2015 - European Year of Development		0.250,000
15th		18th November 2015	30th anniversary of the EU flag Euro-19 joint issue		0.412,500
16		March 24, 2016	2016 Summer Olympics - Team Belgium		0.375,000
17th		May 25, 2016	Missing Children's Day		1,020,000
18th		April 21, 2017	200 years of the University of Liège		0.200,000
19th		29th September 2017	200 years of Ghent University		0.225,000
20th		19th June 2018	50th anniversary of the events of May 1968 in Belgium		0.257,500
21st		20th September 2018	50th anniversary of the launch of the ESRO-2B satellite ( Iris 2 )		0.257,500
22nd		January 24, 2019	450th anniversary of the death of Pieter Bruegel the Elder		0.155,000
23		May 9, 2019	25th day of the founding of the European Monetary Institute		0.155,000
24		5th March 2020	International Year of Plant Health		0.755,000
25th		October 2020	Jan van Eyck		0.155,000
26th		2022	35 years of the Erasmus program Euro 19 joint edition

¹In addition to coins with Belgian margins ( ), there are incorrect mints with the Dutch version ( ) or marginal writing from the Roman mint ( ).

Collector coins

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2.5 euros

Material: nickel - diameter: 25.75 mm - dimensions:? 

theme	Issue date	Edition
Battle of Waterloo	2015	70,000

5 euros

Material: 92.5% silver 7.5% copper - diameter: 30 mm - weight: 14 g

theme	Issue date	Edition
50 years of the Smurfs	October 15, 2008	25,000
175 years of railways in Belgium	May 2010	20,000
Hélène Dutrieu	October 2011	10,000
75 years of Spirou	2013	02,500
Higgs particle	2014	10,000

10 Euro

Material: 92.5% silver 7.5% copper - diameter: 33 mm - mass: 18.75 g

theme	Issue date	Edition
50 years of rail connections through Brussels from north to south	October 4, 2002	50,000
100th birthday of Georges Simenon	February 10, 2003	50,000
EU enlargement	January 4, 2004	50,000
75 years Tintin	July 30, 2004	50,000
Football derby Belgium - Netherlands	April 29, 2005	50,000
Peace and Freedom (60 Years End of World War II )	May 2005	50,000
400th anniversary of the death of Justus Lipsius	April 2006	50,000
Mine accident in Marcinelle	August 2006	48,000
Mine accident in Marcinelle as a colored coin with a colored miner	August 2006	02,000
50 years of the Treaty of Rome	March 26, 2007	40,000
International polar year	September 2007	50,000
Maurice Maeterlinck - The blue bird	March 7, 2008	20,000
2008 Olympic Games in Beijing	April 2008	20,000
500 years of Erasmus of Rotterdam - praise to folly	February 2009	15,000
75th birthday of King Albert II.	June 6, 2009	15,000
100 years of the African Museum	January 2010	20,000
100th birthday of Jean Baptiste Reinhardt	May 17, 2010	20,000
Auguste Piccard / Bathyscaphs - deep-sea submarine	May 2011	15,000
Amundsen : Discovery of the South Pole in collaboration with Norway	May / June 2011	15,000
Paul Delvaux	June 2012	15,000
Baron de Coubertin	June 2012	10,000
100 years of the Tour of Flanders	June 2013	10,000
Hugo Claus	June 2013	10,000
100th anniversary of the start of the First World War	2014	15,000
200th birthday of Adolphe Sax	2014	15,000
Battle of Waterloo	2015	10,000
70 years of peace in Europe	2015	10,000
Albert Einstein - 100 years of relativity theory	2016	07,500

12½ euros

Material: 99.9% gold - diameter: 14 mm - mass: 1.25 g

theme	Issue date	Edition
Belgian royal family - Leopold I.	November 2006	15,000
Belgian royal family - Leopold II.	October 2007	15,000
Belgian royal family - Albert I.	November 5, 2008	10,000
Belgian royal family - Leopold III.	October 1, 2009	05,000
Belgian royal family - Baudouin I.	October 2010	05,000
Belgian royal family - Albert II	November 2011	06,000
Belgian royal family - Paola	2012	06,000
Belgian royal family - Fabiola	2013	06,000
Belgian royal family - Astrid	2014	06,000

20 Euros

Material: 92.5% silver 7.5% copper - diameter: 37 mm - mass: 22.85 g

theme	Issue date	Edition
FIFA World Cup Germany 2006	December 8, 2005	25,000
100th birthday of Hergé	May 22, 2007	50,000
Canonization of Father Damian	October 8, 2009	15,000
A dog of Flanders	October 12, 2010	15,000
Change of throne	2013	15,000
25 years of the fall of the Berlin Wall	2014	15,000
Robbery of Europe	2015	10,000

25 euros

Material: 99.9% gold - diameter 18 mm - weight: 3.11 g

theme	Issue date	Edition
2008 Olympic Games in Beijing	April 2008	5,000
Charles V	2015	1,500

50 Euros

Material: 99.9% gold - diameter 21 mm - mass: 6.22 g

theme	Issue date	Edition
70th birthday of King Albert II.	June 6, 2004	10,000
400th anniversary of the death of Justus Lipsius	August 2006	02,500
50 years of the Treaty of Rome	March 26, 2007	02,500
Maurice Maeterlinck - The blue bird	March 7, 2008	02,500
500 years of Erasmus of Rotterdam - praise to folly	February 2009	03,000
100 years of the African Museum	February 2010	03,000
Auguste Piccard / Bathyscaphs - deep-sea submarine	May 2011	02,500
Amundsen : Discovery of the South Pole in collaboration with Norway	2011	02,500
Paul Delvaux	June 2012	01,500
Hugo Claus	June 2013	01,000
200th birthday of Adolphe Sax	2014	01,000
70 years of peace in Europe	2015	01,000
Albert Einstein - 100 years of relativity theory	2016	01,000

100 euros

Material: 99.9% gold - diameter 29 mm - weight: 15.55 g

theme	Issue date	Edition
50 years of the European Coal and Steel Community	December 16, 2002	5,000
200th anniversary of the French coin reform of 1803	November 15, 2003	5,000
EU enlargement	July 30, 2004	5,000
175th anniversary of Belgian independence	October 2005	5,000
175 years of the royal dynasty	November 2006	5,000
175 years of the Royal Mint of Belgium	October 2007	5,000
50 years of the EXPO	November 5, 2008	3,000
50th wedding anniversary of King Albert II and Queen Paola	July 2, 2009	5,000
50th birthday of Crown Prince Philippe	June 2010	5,000
150th birthday of Victor Horta	October 2011	?
500th birthday of Gerard Mercator	2012	2,000
King Baldwin	2013	1,500
500th birthday of Andreas Vesalius	2014	0.500

See also

• List of euro coins in circulation

Web links

• European Central Bank (Engl.)
• Belgian National Bank
• Overview of all 2 euro coins with pictures and additional information in several languages

Individual evidence

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5. ↑ Belgian circulation coins 2008 (series 2) , accessed on November 28, 2014
6. ↑ Recommendation of the Commission of December 19, 2008 on common guidelines for the national sides and the issue of euro coins intended for circulation , accessed on March 3, 2013 . In: Official Journal of the European Union . L 9, 2009, pp. 52-55.
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12. ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2005 / C 61/08, March 11, 2005) , accessed on July 9, 2013
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23. ↑ Münzscan Belgium 2009: Monetary Union , accessed on November 11, 2019
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25. ↑ Joint edition 2009: Economic and Monetary Union , accessed on July 9, 2013
26. ↑ Münzscan 2 euro commemorative coin Belgium 2009 Braille , accessed on February 14, 2014
27. ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2009 / C 196/06, August 20, 2009) , accessed on July 9, 2013
28. ^ Belgium 2009: 200th birthday of Louis Braille , accessed on July 9, 2013
29. ↑ Münzscan 2 euro commemorative coin Belgium 2010 Council Presidency , accessed on February 13, 2013
30. ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2010 / C 137/12, May 27, 2010) , accessed on July 9, 2013
31. ↑ Belgium 2010: Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU , accessed on 19 July 2015
32. ↑ Münzscan 2-euro commemorative coin Belgium 2011 Women's Day , accessed on February 13, 2013
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34. ↑ Belgium 2011: Commemorative coin 100th International Women's Day , accessed on January 20, 2014
35. ↑ Münzscan Belgium 2012: Euro cash , accessed on November 11, 2019
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37. ↑ Joint issue 10 Years of Euro Cash , accessed on January 20, 2014
38. ↑ Münzscan 2 Euro commemorative coin Belgium 2012 Elisabeth , accessed on February 13, 2013
39. ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2012 / C 231/02, August 2, 2012) , accessed on July 3, 2013
40. ↑ Belgium 2012: Commemorative coin for the 75th anniversary of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition , accessed on January 20, 2014
41. ↑ Münzscan 2-euro commemorative coin Belgium 2013 KMI , accessed on 13 February 2013
42. ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2013 / C 219/05, July 31, 2013) , accessed on January 20, 2014
43. ↑ Belgium 2013: 100 years of the Royal Meteorological Institute , accessed on January 20, 2014
44. ↑ Münzscan 2 euro commemorative coin Belgium 2014 World War I , accessed on May 16, 2014
45. ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2014 / C 160/05, May 27, 2014) , accessed on May 29, 2014
46. ↑ Belgium: 2014 commemorative coin commemorating the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War , accessed on November 26, 2014
47. ↑ Münzscan Gedenkmünze Belgium 2014 Red Cross , accessed on October 8, 2014
48. ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2014 / C 262/02, August 12, 2014) , accessed on August 12, 2014
49. ↑ Belgium 2014: 150 Years of the Red Cross , accessed on September 17, 2014
50. ↑ Münzscan Belgium 2015: year of development , accessed on November 6, 2015
51. ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2015 / C 220/03, July 4, 2015) , accessed on September 27, 2015
52. ↑ Belgium 2015: European Year of Development , accessed on September 27, 2015
53. ↑ Münzscan Belgium 2015: EU flag , accessed on November 11, 2019
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55. ↑ Belgium 2015: 30 years of the European flag , accessed on November 4, 2015
56. ↑ Münzscan Belgium 2016: Team Belgium , accessed on June 3, 2016
57. ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2016 / C 26/04, 23 January 2016) , accessed on 7 April 2016
58. ↑ Commemorative coin Belgium 2016: Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , accessed on April 7, 2016
59. ↑ Münzscan Belgium 2016: Child Focus , accessed on August 5, 2016
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61. ^ Commemorative coin Belgium 2016: Organization Child Focus , accessed on May 28, 2016
62. ↑ Münzscan Belgium 2017: 200 years of the University of Liège , accessed on June 17, 2017
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65. ↑ Münzscan Belgium 2017: 200 years of the University of Ghent , accessed on December 5, 2017
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70. ↑ Commemorative coin Belgium 2018: 50th anniversary of the events of May 1968 in Belgium , accessed on June 1, 2018
71. ↑ Münzscan Belgium 2018: ESRO-2B , accessed on December 15, 2018
72. ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2018 / C 401/06, November 7, 2018) , accessed on November 8, 2018
73. ↑ Commemorative coin Belgium 2018: 50th anniversary of the downing of the ESRO-2B satellite , accessed on October 5, 2018
74. ↑ Münzscan Belgium 2019: Pieter Bruegel , accessed on August 13, 2019
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80. ^ Coin image Belgium 2020: Plant health , accessed on 7 August 2019
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