The Royal Belgian Mint has released new commemorative €2 coins, which highlight one of the world’s most admired and applied styles of art. Belgium is particularly associated with Art Nouveau because of the famed architect Victor Horta (1861–1947) and his application to a free movement of art which was integrated into his architectural designs. It […]
Belgium: New silver crown marks centenary anniversary of founding nation’s first airline carrier SABENA
The Royal Mint of Belgium has released new collector silver coins which remember the centenary anniversary of the founding of the national airline carrier SABENA. The airline carrier was founded on the 23rd May 1923 by the “Father of Belgian Aviation,” Georges Nélis (1886–1929), with additional help from Belgian King Albert I. The Societé Anonyme […]
Belgium: New silver Proof crown remembers 150th anniversary, founding of Red Star Line
The Royal Mint of Belgium — Herdenkingsmunten.be has released (28th September) new silver Proof coins which remember the inauguration of the Red Star Line shipping company, which was founded in 1872 by shipping magnates from the United States and two Antwerp business partners, Jules Bernard von der Becke and William Edward Marsily. The coins are […]
Belgium: Commemorative €2 coins celebrate centenary anniversary of BLEU economic union
The Royal Belgian Mint have launched their new 2021-dated commemorative €2 coins which celebrate the centenary anniversary of the economic union between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The modern history of these two countries began when both entities were part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, which emerged after […]
Belgium: Prolific and historic 16th century printer, Christoffel Plantin, featured on new silver Proof collector coin
The Belgian Ministry of Finance has issued (19th August) new €10 silver Proof collector coins in honour of the 500th birthday anniversary and recognition of 470 years since the arrival in Antwerp of the world’s first industrialised book printer. In terms of the actual printing of the Bible in the Lowlands, there is simply one […]
Belgium: New €2 coin issued in honour of International Year of Plant Health
The Belgian Ministry of Finance has issued (22nd July) new €2 commemorative coins in honour and recognition of the International Year of Plant Health, a worldwide initiative which seeks to promote greater awareness of the global plant health challenges mankind faces, as well as the importance of protecting our crops from pests and diseases. In […]
Belgium: Anniversary of Europe’s first Train line celebrated with new silver Proof coins
The National Bank of Belgium has released (22nd April) new silver Proof collector’s coins which remember the 185th anniversary of the first-ever train line that was built in Europe. Just five years after Belgium’s independence was attained from the Netherlands, the country’s first king, Leopold I, signed a new law on the 1st May 1834. […]
Belgium: Centenary anniversary of Antwerp’s Olympic Games remembered on new collector coins
The National Bank of Belgium has issued new collector coins which commemorate the country’s first and only time they hosted the Olympiad. Being the first Olympic Games held since the conclusion of the Great War, the Belgian city of Antwerp was chosen to offer some compensation after the misery the whole of the country had […]
Belgium: City of Bruges celebrates 20 years as UNESCO World Heritage Site with new silver Proof coin
The National Bank of Belgium has issued (26th February) new silver collector coins in celebration of the City of Bruges, having been named a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage Site 20 years ago. The designation as a World Heritage Site as an international landmark is part of the United Nations […]
Belgium: Brussels’ notable sculpture, Manneken Pis, celebrates 400th birthday with new coin
The National Bank of Belgium will issue new collector coins which are in observance of the 400th anniversary of the placement of one of the country’s most recognised national symbols — the little statue of Manneken Pis. An instantly identified sight, the little boy who wees into a fountain has been on a square in […]
