| Description : For the 100th anniversary of the Royal Meteorological
Institute of Belgium, Peter Denayer de Hofstade designed this commemorative coin. The motif shows the number "100"
in the centre, the first zero of which encloses the institute's abbreviations "KMI" (Koninklijk Meteorologisch Instituut in
Dutch and Königliches Meteorologisches Institut in German) and "IRM" (Institut royal météorologique in French),
while the second zero represents the sun. Isobars, raindrops represented by parallel lines and (circular) snowflakes appear
on the left. At the top is "2013" ‐ divided in the middle by a sunbeam ‐ below is the country abbreviation "BE"
(Belgium). A cat the logo of mint master Bernard Gillard and the helmeted head of the Archangel Michael the mint mark
of the Royal Belgian mint Monnaie Royale de Belgique / Koninklijke Munt van België / Königliche Belgische
Münzprägeanstalt in Brussels are depicted below the numeral 1 of the number 100. |
