Belgium 2009 200th anniversary of Louis Braille’s birth

Belgium 2009 200th anniversary of Louis Braille’s birth
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  • Product Code:Belgium 2009
  • SKU:401412
  • Availability: In Stock
  • 5.00€
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200th anniversary of Louis Braille’s birth

Louis Braille (4 January 1809 - 6 January 1852) was a French educator and inventor of a reading and writing system for use by people who are visually impaired. His system remains virtually unchanged to this day, and is known worldwide simply as braille.

Braille was blinded at the age of three in one eye as a result of an accident with a stitching awl in his father's harness making shop. Consequently, an infection set in and spread to both eyes, resulting in total blindness.

The coin features a portrait of Louis Braille with his initials, L and B, in the alphabet that he designed. His name appears above the portrait and, below it, the code of the issuing country, ‘BE’ and the dates ‘1809’ and ‘2009’. To the left and right respectively are the mint mark and the signature mark of the Master of the Mint. The coin’s outer ring shows the 12 stars of the European Union.

Weight - 8.5 g.

Quality - UNC (Uncirculated)
Diameter - 25.75 mm.
Composition - Bimetallic - nickel brass clad nickel center in copper-nickel ring
Circulation - 5'000'000 pcs.
Country of origin - Belgium
Year of release - 2009

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