Feature: 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day
Description: The inner part of the coin
commemorating the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, which
is celebrated on 8 March, features effigies of Isala Van Diest, the
first female Belgian medical doctor, and Marie Popelin, the first female
Belgian lawyer above a semicircle formed by their names and the symbols
of their professions on either side of the year 2011. Centred above the
effigies are the letters “BE” in reference of their nationality,
flanked by the Mint master’s mark on the left and the mintmark on the
right. The coin’s outer ring shows the 12 stars of the European Union.
