BELGIUM

A national panel made up of leading Belgian officials, artists and numismatists chose the common design used on all the coins, depicting King Albert II and a monogram, a capital "A" beneath a crown - among 12 stars, symbolising Europe. The year of issue ( 2002 ) is part of the design, along with the year the coin was struck. Designed by Jan Alfons Keustermans, Director of the Municipal Academy of Fine Arts of Turnhout.