Dutch commemorative 2 euro coin of 2011: 500 years of Erasmus’s In Praise of Folly.

The coin marks 500 years since the publication of the world-famous Laus Stultitiae (In Praise of Folly) by the Dutch philosopher, humanist and theologian Desiderius Erasmus. Erasmus writing his book is on the right and Queen Beatrix on the left, separated by the vertical inscription Beatrix Koningin der Nederlanden, with the year 2011, the mint master mark and the mint mark near the centre.

Commemorative 2 euro coins share the properties and the common side of normal 2 euro coins and are legal tender throughout the euro area. Bimetallic, 25.75 mm, 8.5 g; the outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union. According to the ECB: mintage 4 million, issued in January 2011.

For a euro collection it is one of the national commemorative coins of the Netherlands.

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