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12 1/2 Euros - Albert II King Baudouin I - Dynasty Anniversary
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Belgium |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 12.5 Euros |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain. |
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Issued to mark the 180th anniversary of the Belgian dynasty, this small gold piece commemorates a royal house that began under peculiar circumstances — Léopold I accepted the Belgian crown only after it had already been refused by Louis de France, the Duke of Nemours, whose father Louis-Philippe feared the diplomatic fallout of placing a French prince on a newly independent throne. The coin pairs Albert II with his predecessor Baudouin I, who died unexpectedly in Spain in 1993, triggering a constitutional episode in which the entire Belgian parliament temporarily assumed royal prerogatives to pass an abortion law Baudouin had refused to sign.