Belgium 2011 - 100th International Women's Day - 2 euro coin

The 2 EUR coin 2011 from Belgium was minted for International Women's Day. The motif of the 2 EUR coin shows two well-known women from the women's movement in Belgium. International Women's Day or International Women's Day for short, "United Nations Day for Women's Rights and World Peace" is held on 8th by women's organizations around the world. March committed. It was created around the First World War in the struggle for equality and the right to vote for women. 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. Centered above the effigies are the letters "BE" in reference to their nationality, flanked by the Mint master's mark on the left and the mintmark on the right.