features curved lines framing a central rectangle that is marked with the number “60”. Above the composition sits the year “2008”, and directly below the rectangle are the words “UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS”. Curving along the bottom of the inner core, the name of the issuing country is inscribed in its three official languages: “BELGIE – BELGIQUE – BELGIEN”. The mintmaster’s mark (a scale) and the Brussels mint mark (a helmeted head of the Archangel Michael) flank the text on the left and right sides respectively.
Reverse (standard EU side) — features the numeral “2 EURO” with the EU map and 12 stars.
This coin celebrates the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. Belgium was one of several Eurozone nations to release a unique commemorative coin dedicated to this milestone in 2008.