1 Euro - Albert II 2nd map, 2nd type, 2nd portrait

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.