Belgium

2016

Commemorative coin

International Missing Children’s Day

Official Journal of the European Union

The inner part of the coin displays in its centre the face of a child surrounded by the words ‘MISSING-DISPARU-VERMIST’, ‘WWW.CHILDFOCUS.BE’ and the trilingual indication of nationality ‘BELGIQUE-BELGIE-BELGIEN’ followed by the year 2016. The mark of the Brussels mint, a helmeted profile of the archangel Michael and the signature mark of the Master of the Mint appear to the left and right respectively of the face. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

Additional information

The Child Focus Foundation for missing and sexually exploited children was founded by Jean-Denis Lejeune in June 1996, one year after the abduction of his eight-year-old daughter Julie and her friend Mélissa Russo by sex offender Marc Dutroux. Both girls starved to death, locked up while Dutroux was imprisoned. The coin shows the face of Liam Vanden Branden, a child who disappeared without a trace in 1996.

Edge lettering

Designer