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10 Euros Rembrandt
| Issuer | San Marino |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Diameter | 34 mm |
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| Reverse description | A bust-length portrait inspired by a self-portrait of the Dutch Golden Age master Rembrandt van Rijn dominates the central field, depicting the artist wearing a voluminous beret and a fur-trimmed garment with a chain necklace, rendered with nuanced sculptural detail evoking Rembrandt's own chiaroscuro style. The denomination 10 EURO is inscribed in large characters to the left of the portrait. The dates 1669-2019, commemorating the 350th anniversary of the painter's death, appear along the lower exergue, flanked by the name REMBRANDT inscribed along the lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 EURO 1669-2019 REMBRANDT |
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San Marino issues commemorative silver euros under licensing arrangements that allow the microstate to produce legal tender coins despite using the euro without formal ECB membership — a quirk that makes its collector issues technically spendable but effectively never circulated. This 2019 piece marks the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt's death in 1669, a year in which he died nearly destitute in Amsterdam having declared bankruptcy in 1656 and spent his final decade selling off his art collection and household goods to satisfy creditors.