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2 1/2 Euros Belgian beer culture intangible heritage
| Issuer | Royal Belgian Mint |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Value | 2.5 Euros |
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| Obverse description | At center, a stylized map of the European Union rendered in high relief occupies the field, with the denomination '2 1/2 EURO' inscribed to the left of the map and the date '2021' to the right. A ring of twelve stars encircles the inner design, referencing the European Union symbol. The trilingual country name 'BELGIE - BELGIQUE - BELGIEN' is inscribed along the outer legend, reading clockwise around the periphery. The mint master's mark and engraver's initials appear adjacent to the date. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Belgium's beer culture was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in November 2016, a designation that recognized not just the brewing itself but the full social fabric surrounding it — the café rituals, the glassware conventions, the regional abbey traditions. This coin followed five years later as part of Belgium's ongoing 2½ euro commemorative program, a denomination that exists almost exclusively as a collector vehicle since it has no practical place in the eurozone's circulating coinage structure.
Belgium operates over 300 active breweries, a figure that actually declined sharply through the industrial consolidations of the mid-20th century before recovering dramatically after the 1990s craft revival.