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5 Euros - Willem-Alexander Jheronimus Bosch
| Issuer | Royal Dutch Mint |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | An elaborate spiral composition incorporating colorful excerpts from several celebrated works by the Flemish master Hieronymus Bosch, including scenes from The Haywain, The Garden of Earthly Delights, The Conjurer (Escamoteur), and The Last Judgment, rendered in part with color application. The inscription JHERONIMUS BOSCH arcs along the design, accompanied by the denomination VIJF EURO and the year 1516, commemorating the 500th anniversary of the artist's death. |
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Issued to mark the 500th anniversary of Hieronymus Bosch's death, this coin was part of a broader Dutch cultural commemoration that included exhibitions drawing record attendance at the Noordbrabants Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch — the city where Bosch spent virtually his entire life and from which he took his name. The Dutch government's choice to anchor the anniversary in 2016 required some acceptance of uncertainty: the exact year of his birth remains unknown, placing it only approximately around 1450.
The 5-euro face value restricted legal tender use to the Netherlands, as Dutch commemorative coins at this denomination are not obligatory tender elsewhere in the eurozone.