2 Euro Commemorative coins Belgium 2022

Healthcare during the Covid-19 pandemic

On the Obverse, the coin is divided into two parts. On the right-hand side is the profile of a health care professional, facing to the left; on the upper part is a medical cross, while below the effigy are: the minting year with the initials 'BE' (identifying Belgium), the symbol of the Belgian mint director (corresponding to the coat of arms of the municipality of Herzele) and the sign of the Dutch mint; also on the right-hand side, between the image and the inner edge, are the initials of the author 'LL'. The left side depicts some medical instruments (a stethoscope, a syringe and a mortar used in medicine), a heart with an ECG line and the symbol of a person in a wheelchair; also on the left side, close to the inner border, is the circular inscription 'DANKE - MERCI - DANK U'. On the outer part are the 12 five-pointed stars, symbol of the European Union. The coin's Reverse is the new common side of Euro coins, with the face value '2' on the left and the European continent on the right, overlapped by the inscription 'EURO'. Six vertical lines with a star at each end are placed behind the Europe's image.
Edge: finely milled, with six '2' in incuse (repeated alternately from bottom to top and vice versa) and twelve five-pointed stars.
Diameter: 25,75 mm
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Weight: 8,5 g
Composition: bimetallic coin (outer part: copper-nickel, inner part: nickel-brass).

35 years of the Erasmus Programme

The Obverse depicts two key elements of the Erasmus programme, a European Union student mobility project aimed at university students. On the right is Erasmus of Rotterdam (Dutch humanist and philosopher), in one of his best-known portraits, after whom the programme was named because of his numerous journeys throughout Europe, with the aim of learning about its different cultures. The effigy of the theologian is superimposed on a net that crosses the coin from one point to the other, which is intended to represent the cultural and human exchanges between European students; on the left-hand side, thanks to a special type of graphics, the number '35' appears (to identify the 35th anniversary). Superimposed on the portrait are the circular inscriptions '1987-2022', 'ERASMUS' and 'PROGRAMME' on three lines, while adjacent to the inner border, to the left of the inscription, are the symbol of the director of the Belgian mint (which corresponds to the coat of arms of the municipality of Herzele) and the sign of the Dutch mint. Above the philosopher's right hand are the author's initials 'J.J.' and, immediately above them, the initials 'BE' (identifying Belgium). On the outer part are the 12 five-pointed stars, symbol of the European Union. The coin's Reverse is the new common side of Euro coins, with the face value '2' on the left and the European continent on the right, overlapped by the inscription 'EURO'. Six vertical lines with a star at each end are placed behind the Europe's image.
Edge: finely milled, with six '2' in incuse (repeated alternately from bottom to top and vice versa) and twelve five-pointed stars.
Diameter: 25,75 mm
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Weight: 8,5 g
Composition: bimetallic coin (outer part: copper-nickel, inner part: nickel-brass).