2 Euro - Albert II Human Rights

Features

Issuer	Belgium
King	Albert II (1993-2013)
Type	Circulating commemorative coin
Year	2008
Value	2 Euro 2 EUR = USD 2.18
Currency	Euro (2002-date)
Composition	Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel center in copper-nickel ring
Weight	8.5 g
Diameter	25.75 mm
Thickness	2.2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 3196
References	KM# 248, Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. LA# BEM-8.7, Laurens Aernout; 2017. Catalogus van Belgische Numismatische Uitgiften : 1831-2017. Numismatica Zuidwest-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Schön# 249 Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Obverse

The coin shows curved lines around a rectangle marked with the figure 60. The year ‘2008’ is inscribed above the rectangle and the words ‘UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS’ underneath it. The name of the country appears below the design in its three official languages: ‘BELGIE – BELGIQUE – BELGIEN’. The mintmark and the signature mark of the Master of the Mint are shown to the left and right of the design respectively. The outer ring of the coin features the twelve stars of the European Union.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2008
60
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
BELGIE-BELGIQUE-BELGIEN

Reverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: 2 EURO LL

Engraver: Luc Luycx

Edge

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

Lettering: 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 **

Mint

Royal Mint of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium (983-2017)

Comments

There are two different types of edges A and B depending on the specific star, more about: http://www.amisdeleuro.org/fr/121

Coincard:

Privy mark:

Scales: Romain Coenen, 1987-2009

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
Undetermined
2008	5 000 000	$ 2.20	$ 2.20	$ 2.20	$ 2.20	$ 2.20	$ 3.70	$ 4.00	98%
2008	12 000							$ 15	1.4%	BU set
2008	6 000							$ 27	1.1%	Proof

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