2 euro BELGIUM (2006) Atomium

in the coin centre a building of Atomium; above it letter: B (BELGIQUE in French / BELGIË in Dutch - Belgium); below Atomium year of issue: 2006; 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:

10 IV 2006

still in circulation

Luc Luycx (initials LL at the right leg of Atomium 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)

2006

5 000 000

+ 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 depicts one of the symbols of the capital city of Belgium. The construction of Atomium designed by André Waterkeyn was built in Brussels for the World Fair EXPO 1958. It is 102 metres high and shows an atom of iron (Fe) exaggerated 165 billion times.