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10 Years of the Euro: Design the common 2-euro coin

Design the common 2-euro coin to commemorate 10 years of euro cash. If your proposal wins, you will see the design you created, and your initials, on millions of euro coins that will circulate in all euro-area Member States.

Monday May 9th, 2011 – 04:21 PM | Posted in News | Also tagged | Comments Off

New 2-euro commemorative coin on display in the Museum

The newest Belgian 2-euro commemorative coin is dedicated to Isala Van Diest (1842 – 1916) and Marie Popelin (1846 – 1913). The coin commemorates the 100th anniversary of the International Women’s Day.

Wednesday May 4th, 2011 – 03:10 PM | Posted in News | Also tagged , | Comments Off

Designing the Euro banknotes

Today, more than nine years after €-Day, when the fiduciary euro was put into circulation, the design of euro banknotes has been is only of secondary importance. But deciding what the new banknotes should look like was actually a very long drawn-out process.

Monday May 2nd, 2011 – 02:37 PM | Posted in Object of the month | Also tagged , | Comments (1)

The Open Day of the European Council and the Council of the European Union, 7 May 2011

The Museum of the National Bank will participate in the Open Day of the European Council and the Council of the European Union. On the eve of Europe Day, which is celebrated each year to mark the anniversary of the 1950 Schuman Declaration, we invite you to come and see for yourself what the Eurosystem does.

Friday April 29th, 2011 – 08:35 AM | Posted in News | Also tagged | Comments Off

Tere Euro!

With cries of “Tere Euro!”or “Hello Euro”, Estonia was given a hearty wecome into the European single currency club on 1 January 2011. With this move, Estonia became the seventeenth member country of the euro area. It was also the first Baltic state to meet the Maastricht criteria.

Wednesday February 2nd, 2011 – 01:18 PM | Posted in Object of the month | Also tagged | Comments Off

The road to the euro

The introduction of a single currency in Europe forms part of a long process of economic integration. That is nothing new. Monetary history and the currencies of the past provide us with several examples of common currencies and monetary unions.

Friday October 1st, 2010 – 10:52 AM | Posted in Object of the month | Also tagged , | Comments (3)

New 2-euro commemorative coin on display in the Museum

The theme? The Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Thursday June 10th, 2010 – 10:42 AM | Posted in News | Also tagged , , | Comments Off

New 2-euro commemorative coin on display in the Museum

The newest Belgian 2-euro commemorative coin is dedicated to Louis Braille (1809 – 1852) and the 200th anniversary of his birthday.

Tuesday October 6th, 2009 – 09:23 AM | Posted in News | Also tagged , | Comments Off

Each event its own coin.

Since 2004, the countries belonging to the Eurosystem have received, from the European Council, the right to mint commemorative 2€-coins, but only once a year and one per country. These coins are legal tender in the whole euro area. They are struck to commemorate historic or current events of a specific importance.

Wednesday July 1st, 2009 – 10:26 AM | Posted in Object of the month | Also tagged , , | Comments Off

Eurocompetition

The contest Eurocompetition, organised by the European Commission, has been held from September to December 2008. Its aim? To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the euro and the Economic and Monetary Union.

Friday June 5th, 2009 – 09:39 AM | Posted in News | Also tagged , | Comments Off