2009 AD., Belgium, Albert II, 200th anniversary of Louis Braille’s birth commemorative, Brussels mint, 2 Euro, KM 288.

Belgium, Albert II, 200th anniversary of Louis Braille’s birth commemorative, engravers: Jan Alfons Keustermans (obverse) and Luc Luycx (reverse), Brussels mint (head of archangel St. Michael with cross on top), mint master Serge Lesens (a goose feather), 2009 AD.,
2 Euro (25,8 mm / 8,39 g), bimetallic, brass plated nickel center (magnetic) in a copper-nickel ring, 8,50 g. theor. mint weight, mintage 5.000.000 , axis medal alignment ↑↑ (0°),
Obv.: LOUIS BRAILLE/ (head of archangel) 1809 BE 2009 (feather) , bust of Louis Braille facing half right, encircled by the twelve stars of Europe, his initials, L (three dots) and B (two dots) flanking, in the alphabet that he designed, privy marks head (l.) and feather (r.) flanking date below.
Rev.: 2 EURO / LL , map of Europe (2nd map type, no borders), to right 6 lines and twelve stars of Europe on the edge; engraver´s initials LL to r. below O .
Edge: 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** , reeded edge with lettering: six times "2" alternately upside and upside down, divided by two stars.
KM 288 .
from circulation in 2017

Year / Mintage / Details
2009 5,000,000
2009 6,000 proof
2009 6,000 in sets

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

Blinded in both eyes as a result of an early childhood accident, Braille mastered his disability while still a boy. He excelled in his education and received scholarship to France's Royal Institute for Blind Youth. While still a student there, he began developing a system of tactile code that could allow blind people to read and write quickly and efficiently. Inspired by the military cryptography of Charles Barbier, Braille constructed a new method built specifically for the needs of the blind. He presented his work to his peers for the first time in 1824.

In adulthood, Braille served as a professor at the Institute and had an avocation as a musician, but he largely spent the remainder of his life refining and extending his system. It went unused by most educators for many years after his death, but posterity has recognized braille as a revolutionary invention, and it has been adapted for use in languages worldwide.

More on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Braille