Belgium became the second EU country to start minting euro coins

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Series Details 10/09/98, Volume 4, Number 32
Publication Date 10/09/1998
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Date: 10/09/1998

this week after a ceremony attended by King Albert II, whose head will be on one side of the eight Belgian pieces. A total of 60 billion coins will begin circulating in the euro-zone in January 2002 along with the new banknotes, three years after the single currency area has been established.

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