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10 Euros Antwerpen-Centraal railway station
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Belgium |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 10 Euros |
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| Obverse description | A stylized map of the European Union member states is depicted centrally within a circular frame, set against a geometric background evoking the design elements of the euro banknote series, including vertical lines and stars of the EU flag to the left. The country name appears in three languages along the upper and left periphery: BELGIQUE in vertical legend at left, BELGIE across the upper field, and BELGIEN at upper right. The denomination 10 EURO and the date 2017 appear in the lower right field, accompanied by the mint master and engraver marks. The designer's initials 'qp' are inscribed in the lower left portion of the field. |
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| Mintage | 2017 - Proof - 5,000 |
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Antwerp-Centraal was built between 1895 and 1905 under the patronage of King Leopold II, financed largely through profits extracted from the Congo Free State. The architect Louis Delacenserie drew heavily from Viennese and Baroque railway architecture, producing a structure so elaborate it was later nicknamed "the railway cathedral." The station underwent a massive engineering project completed in 2007 to add three subterranean levels, allowing through-traffic to replace the original dead-end configuration — a project that took over a decade and required underpinning the original structure without disturbing it.
Belgium's commemorative euro program has issued coins for major architectural landmarks with some regularity since the early 2000s; this piece falls within that series.