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2 Euros Summer Olympics 2016 in Rio de Janeiro
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Belgium |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears the common design for the €2 denomination, featuring a relief map of the European continent extending beyond the coin's inner disc borders, rendered without internal national boundaries to emphasize European unity. The face value 2 EURO is inscribed to the left of the map within the inner disc. Twelve stars of the European Union encircle the outer ring, and the designer's initials LL, for Luc Luycx, appear in the lower right of the central field. |
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Belgium issued this commemorative to mark its athletes' participation in the Rio Games — a relatively rare use of the standard €2 commemorative program for an event the issuing country was not hosting. Most nations reserve Olympic €2 issues for their own Games; Belgium's decision here reflects the IOC's broader push during the 2010s to expand numismatic visibility for the Games across member nations.