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5 Euros - Willem-Alexander Jheronimus Bosch
| Issuer | Royal Dutch Mint |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing portrait effigy of King Willem-Alexander set within a decorative card-style frame, rendered in a stylized artistic manner. The circumferential legend reads WILLEM-ALEXANDER KONING DER NEDERLANDEN, encircling the central portrait. The date 2016 appears within the design. The composition reflects an artistic treatment consistent with the commemorative nature of the issue. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the 500th anniversary of Hieronymus Bosch's death, this coin was part of the Netherlands' extended commemorative program honoring the painter in 2016 — a year in which 's-Hertogenbosch, his birthplace, organized one of the largest Bosch retrospectives ever assembled. The anniversary prompted a significant reattribution effort by the Bosch Research and Conservation Project, which ultimately reduced the confirmed Bosch corpus from roughly 37 paintings to around 20.
The Royal Dutch Mint struck this in its standard commemorative silver, though the five-euro denomination kept it outside legal tender circulation in most retail contexts under Dutch collector coin conventions.