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1 Euro - Albert II 2nd map, 2nd type, 2nd portrait
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Belgium |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts the second-edition map design of the European continent, extending beyond the borders of the European Union and rendered without internal national boundaries, set against a cross-hatched background in the inner disc. The face value '1 EURO' is inscribed to the left of the map, while the designer's initials 'LL' for Luc Luycx appear at the lower right. The twelve stars of the European Union are arranged in the outer ring, consistent with the standard euro reverse design established for the 2007 map revision. |
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Belgium updated its euro coinage twice in 2008 — first replacing the original eurozone map (which omitted the ten countries that joined in 2004) with a revised version showing the enlarged EU, then issuing a third portrait of Albert II within the same year. This coin captures the second of those transitions. The dual revision within a single calendar year was driven by a eurozone-wide agreement requiring all member states to standardize the map reverse by 2009, compressing what might otherwise have been a gradual rollout.