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10 Euros - Albert II Tintin
| Issuer | Royal Belgian Mint |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#236, LA#BEM-11.3, Schön#214 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | SINCE 1929 - 75 - © HERGE / ML |
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Issued to mark the 75th anniversary of Hergé's character, this coin appeared three years before the Belgian government formally recognized Tintin as a national cultural symbol. Belgium had an awkward relationship with Hergé for decades — his wartime collaboration with the Nazi-controlled newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle kept official celebration muted well into the postwar period. By 2004, that ambivalence had largely dissolved into straightforward commercial pride.
Part of a broader Royal Belgian Mint series commemorating Belgian cultural exports, the mintage was capped at 60,000 pieces.