2016 Belgium €2 Coin Issue "Child Focus - Coin of Hope"

• Mint: Royal Belgium Mint
• Denomination: €2
• Quality: UNC/BU/Proof
• Issue limit: 1M/10K/10K
• Alloy: Base Metal
• Diameter: 25.75 mm
• Weight: 8.5 grams
• Box/Capsule: Proof has both, BU in blister, UNC in baggie
• Certificate: Proof only, BU in printed card, UNC has no certificate

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This coin was issued on May 25 - International Missing Children's Day each year - in cooperation with the organization Child Focus.

On May 25, 1979, six-year-old Etan Patz disappeared without trace in New York. Exactly four years later, Missing Children's Day was launched in the United States. In 1998 it spread around the world to become an international day with dozens of countries participating. It a day of hope and solidarity for all missing children and their loved ones, wherever they are in the world. This year, the International Day of Missing Children was organized in Belgium for the 15th time.

The reverse depicts the face of a missing child: Liam Vanden Branden, who disappeared 20 years ago this month when he was just two years old. As the youngest child that remains missing in Belgium, he is a symbol for all missing children. The obverse carries the standard two euro design.