Belgium

2008

Commemorative coin

60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Official Journal of the European Union

The inner part of the coin depicts curved lines around a rectangle marked with the figure 60. The year 2008 is inscribed above the rectangle and the words ‘UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS’ underneath it. The name of the country is inscribed in a semi-circle below the design in its three official languages. ‘BELGIE — BELGIQUE — BELGIEN’. The mintmark and the signature mark of the Master of the Mint appear to the left and right of the design respectively. The outer ring of the coin depicts the twelve stars of the European flag.

Additional information

At the session of the United Nations General Assembly held on 10 December 1948 in the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, Resolution 217 was adopted with the - legally non-binding - Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Its Article 1 reads: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights". The coin is dedicated to this resolution. A rectangle surrounded by curved lines, resembling a stylised book, bears a circle symbolising the circle of the earth and the number "60".

Edge lettering

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