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20 Euros - Albert II A Dog of Flanders
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Belgium |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | BELGIE · BELGIQUE · BELGIEN 20 EURO 2010 qp LL |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a scene from the classic 19th-century novel 'A Dog of Flanders' by Marie Louise de la Ramée, showing the young protagonist Nello and his faithful dog Patrache hauling a milk cart through a snow-covered landscape. In the background, a traditional Flemish windmill and the Gothic spire of the Cathedral of Our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal) of Antwerp rise prominently against the wintry sky. The legend 'A DOG OF FLANDERS' is inscribed along the upper portion of the coin, framing the narrative scene below. |
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Issued under Belgium's cultural heritage commemorative program, this coin marks the 135th anniversary of the publication of "A Dog of Flanders," the 1872 novella by British author Marie Louise de la Ramée, writing under the pen name Ouida. The story — about a Flemish boy and his dog struggling in poverty outside Antwerp — was largely ignored in Europe after publication but became a phenomenon in Japan, where it has been adapted repeatedly for film and anime and remains part of the national cultural consciousness in a way it never achieved in Belgium itself.
The Belgian mint issued this piece partly in recognition of that Japanese readership, a rare case of a nation commemorating a foreign audience's attachment to its own literary landscape.