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100 Euros - Albert II Expansion of the European Union
| Issuer | National Bank of Belgium |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Weight | 15.55 g |
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| Obverse description | A stylized map of the European Union occupies the central field, with the names of the ten acceding countries inscribed around and across the map, identifying those joining the EU from Eastern and Central Europe as well as the Mediterranean. The trilingual country name legend BELGIE · BELGIQUE · BELGIEN appears along the upper periphery, while the denomination 100 EURO and the date 2004 are inscribed in the lower portion of the field. The privy mark of the engraver appears at the lower right. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the accession of ten new member states on 1 May 2004 — the largest single enlargement in the bloc's history, adding Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia simultaneously. Belgium's National Bank produced commemorative gold issues for major EU events throughout Albert II's reign, this being among the more historically grounded of them, tied to a specific and unrepeated geopolitical moment rather than an abstract anniversary.
Mintage for this type was tightly capped, consistent with Belgian commemorative gold policy of the period.