50 frank BELGIUM (2000) EURO 2000 (Dutch)

in the coin centre head of King of Belgium facing left; below: ALBERT II

in the coin centre a cup topped with a football ball; on the left in two lines face value: 50 / F (FRANK - francs); on the right in two lines: EK / 2000 (EUROPEES KAMPIOENSCHAP 2000 - European Championship 2000 in Dutch); along the bottom edge: BELGIE (Belgium in Dutch)

reeded

2000

28 II 2002

Jan Alfons Keustermans

De Koninklijke Munt van België (in Dutch) / La Monnaie Royale de Belgique (in French) (The Royal Belgian Mint), Brussels (mintmark after left from the football ball on the reverse, right from the ball a privy mark of mint's chief Romain Coenen)

2000

500 000

+ 20 000 in commemorative packaging

All coins placed in commemorative packaging EURO 2000 were produced with a reverse not rotated by 180° in respect to an obverse (medal alignment by American terminology).

We are presenting below privy marks of The Royal Belgian Mint directors, which appear on Belgian franc coins struck after the World War II:

Gaston Lamquet	1957-1963		sheep head
Robert Vogeleer	1964-1987		fenix with a V letter
Romain Coenen	1988-2001		scale

This coin was struck to promote European Football Championship in 2000 (EURO 2000), which were played on stadiums of Belgium and the Netherlands. The opening match took place on the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels. In the grand final the team of France defeated Italy after extra time 2:1.