Feature: 100th anniversary of the creation of the
Royal Meteorological Institute (Koninklijk Meteorologisch
Instituut/Institut Royal Météorologique)
Description:The obverse of the coin displays in
its centre the number 100 with the first zero encircling the
abbreviations ‘KMI’ and ‘IRM’ and the second zero representing a sun.
Isobars, raindrops and snowflakes are depicted to the left of the sun.
The year ‘2013’ is displayed in the upper rays of the sun and the
nationality ‘BE’ is indicated in the lower rays. The mark of the mint
master and the mark of the Brussels mint, a helmeted profile of the
Archangel Michael, are displayed under the ‘1’ of the number ‘100’. The
coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.