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  • 2 Euro 2023, KM# 439, Belgium, Philippe, 75 Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in Belgium
  • 2 Euro 2023, KM# 439, Belgium, Philippe, 75 Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in Belgium
  • 2 Euro 2023, KM# 439, Belgium, Philippe, 75 Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in Belgium, Coincard - front
  • 2 Euro 2023, KM# 439, Belgium, Philippe, 75 Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in Belgium, Coincard - back
Description

Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. In the beginning of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vote, increasing the number of those parties' potential constituencies. National and international organizations formed to coordinate efforts towards women voting, especially the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (founded in 1904 in Berlin, Germany).

Obverse

Depicts the Venus symbol as a ballot box with a pen, surrounded by the inscription UNIVERSAL WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE in Dutch (above) and French (below). The state name abbreviation (BE), the date of issue, the Royal Dutch Mint's mintmark and the Royal Belgian Mint Director's privy mark on the right. The inscription "75yers" on the left. The engraver's initials are on the bottom. The outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

• Royal Dutch Mint's mintmark: Caduceus or Mercury's wand, a short staff entwined by two serpents
• Royal Belgian Mint Director's privy mark: Aster flower in front of an Erlenmeyer flask (Giovanni Van de Velde)
• Engraver: Iris Bruijns (IB)

ALGEMEEN VROUWENKIESRECHT
BE
2023
75
JAAR
ANS
IB
SUFFRAGE UNIVERSEL FÉMININ

Reverse

A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the right side of the coin. The inscription 2 EURO is superimposed over the map of Europe, with the numeral “2” located in an open field representing the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

12 stars are located on the right side of the outer ring, with six stars atop the map of Europe and six stars below it; six vertical stripes cut across the inner core of the coin, visually connecting the upper and lower star segments.

Luc Luycx, a designer at the Royal Belgian Mint, designed the Euro’s common reverse; his initials, LL, are seen on the right side of the design, just under the “O” in “EURO.”

2 EURO
LL

Edge

The sequence "2 ★ ★" repeated six times alternately upright and inverted

2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★

2 Euro

75 Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in Belgium

KM# 439
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Nickel Brass
Weight 8.5 g
Diameter 25.75 mm
Thickness 2.2 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Royal Dutch Mint (KNM)

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