2 euro BELGIUM (2013) Royal Meteorological Institute

in the coin center a digit: 100; around the second zero rays symbolizing the Sun; below symbols of rain and snow; in the background isobars; inside the first zero in two lines: KMI / IRM (KONINKLIJK METEOROLOGISCH INSTITUUT in Dutch, L'INSTITUT ROYAL MÉTÉOROLOGIQUE in French - Royal Meteorological Institute); on top year of issue: 2013; on the bottom letters: BE (code of Belgium in ISO 3166-2 standard); 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 map of Europe; 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:
(repeated six times face value followed by two stars: 2**)

18 IX 2013

still in circulation

Denayer de Hofstade, Luc Luycx (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 (mint mark below digit 1 on the obverse, before the mint mark a privy mark of mint's chief Bernard Gillard - cat)

2013

2 000 000

+ 5 000 in commemorative packaging

 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

Belgian commemorative coin of 2 euro from 2013 commemorates the centenary of the Belgian Royal Meteorological Institute. The institute received its name and the autonomy on July 31, 1913, but the Belgian climate research center has existed in Uccle already since 1876. The Royal Meteorological Institute is the most important centre for weather forecast in Belgium.