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2 Euros - Beatrix Erasmus - Pattern
| Issuer | Royal Dutch Mint |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | The inner disc of this pattern coin, larger in scale than the issued circulation version, features a dual composition: at right, a depiction of the humanist scholar Erasmus seated and writing, while at left appears the effigy of Queen Beatrix. The two figural elements are divided by a vertical legend reading 'BEATRIX KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN', with the date '2011' and the mintmaster's mark and Royal Dutch Mint privy mark arranged horizontally near the coin's center. The outer ring carries the twelve stars of the European Union, as standard for the euro coinage series. |
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| Obverse lettering | Beatrix Koningin der Nederlanden 2011 |
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This is a pattern piece — never issued for circulation — produced by the Royal Dutch Mint to mark the 2011 Erasmus commemorative program. The Dutch mint has a long tradition of striking unofficial patterns and essais for internal review and collector interest, and pieces like this rarely enter public hands through official channels. Erasmus of Rotterdam spent much of his productive life outside the Netherlands, yet the Dutch have claimed him fiercely since the nineteenth century as a national intellectual symbol.