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10 Euros - Albert II Hugo Claus
| Issuer | Royal Belgian Mint |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Weight | 18.75 g |
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| Obverse description | A stylized map of Europe occupies the central field, surrounded by the twelve stars of the European Union arranged in a circle. The country name appears in three national languages — BELGIQUE, BELGIE, and BELGIEN — forming part of the outer legend. The face value 10 EURO and the year of issue 2013 are inscribed within the design, accompanied by the privy mark of the engraver Luc Luycx. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Hugo Claus — novelist, playwright, poet, film director — was the dominant figure in postwar Flemish literature and one of the few Belgian writers to earn sustained international attention. This issue appeared the year after his death, though the timing carries a particular weight: Claus died in March 2008 by euthanasia in Antwerp, having been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, a death he had long planned and publicly discussed. That decision reignited Belgium's already contentious national debate over euthanasia law, which the country had legalized in 2002.
The coin was struck in proof and brilliant uncirculated finishes, with mintages kept deliberately low given the commemorative nature of the series.