The Royal Belgian Mint has issued a new silver coin remembering the centennial anniversary of a relief organization that aided much of the Belgian populace during the the country’s occupation by imperial German forces during the First World War. The Commission for Relief in Belgium was initiated by Herbert Hoover (1874 – 1964), an American mining […]
Belgium 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall Silver Coin
The Royal Belgian Mint have issued a new silver coin to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall which occurred unexpectedly on the night of the 9th November 1989. The fall of the wall is considered by many as the precursor to a first step towards a unified Europe – certainly […]
Launch of Belgian Euro Coins for King Philippe
The Royal Mint of Belgium have launched the set of Euro coins which bear the effigy of their new King who succeeded to the Belgian throne upon the abdication of his father King Albert II on the 17th July of last year. The new portrait which will be used on circulation Euro coins depicts the […]
Belgium: New Coin to Celebrate Accession of King Philippe
The Royal Belgian Mint has issued a new silver coin earlier this month to mark the occasion of the accession of HM King Philippe who succeeded his father King Albert II on Belgium’s National Day, the 21st August of this year. After a reign of twenty years, King Albert II announced earlier that month that […]
Belgium: Albert II Abdicates in Favor of New King Philippe
On Belgium’s national day, King Albert II formally abdicated his throne in favor of his eldest son, Prince Philippe, the Duke of Brabant in front of representatives from the national parliament as well as the French, Flemish and Brussels assemblies. King Albert II, who has been Belgium’s king since August 1993 after succeeding his elder […]
