2 euro BELGIUM (2005) Belgium-Luxembourg Monetary Union

in the coin centre heads of Grand Duke of Luxembourg and King of Belgium facing left; at the left edge a monogram of Henri, at the right edge a monogram of Albert II; below the heads year of issue: 2005; at the edge a ring of twelve five-pointed stars - symbol of the European Union

left from the coin centre face value: 2, on the right inscription: EURO; in the background of the inscription a simplified map of Europe showing borders of countries - members of the EU in 1999; in the background of the map vertically six parallel lines ending on both sides with five-pointed stars (the reverse is common for all euro coins)

reeded with concave inscription:

1 IV 2005

still in circulation

Luc Luycx (initials LL below King of Belgium on the obverse and initials LL below letter 'O' in EURO on the reverse)

De Koninklijke Munt van België (in Dutch) / La Monnaie Royale de Belgique (in French) (The Royal Belgian Mint), Brussels (mintmark at the coin edge below Henri's head, below Albert's head a privy mark of mint's chief Romain Coenen)

2005

6 000 000

+ 20 000 in boxed sets

 We are presenting below privy marks of The Royal Belgian Mint directors, which appear on Belgian coins of euro:

Romain Coenen	1988-2009		scale
Serge Lesens	2010-2012		feather
Bernard Gillard	from 2013		cat

This coin commemorates the monetary union of Belgium and Luxembourg. Belgian franc was pegged with the Luxembourgish franc for the first time on December 12, 1848 and later after World War I in 1921. From January 1, 1999 both countries are a part of monetary union of euro.