| Description : The first Dutch national commemorative coin is dedicated to
the work Praise of Folly by Erasmus of Rotterdam (∼1466‐1536), which was printed in 1511. The author
of the work ‐ theologian, philosopher and philologist ‐ is portrayed writing his book, based on a painting by
Hans Holbein the Younger created in 1523. On the left of the motif is the face of Queen Beatrix, (Dutch law stipulates that
no national coin may be issued without the face of the Head of State ‐ exceptions have been made for European
Community editions), to the right the text "Beatrix Koningin der Nederlanden" (Beatrix Queen of the Netherlands).
The coin was designed by Dylan Shields. The date "2011" is in the centre together with the sails of the
three‐mast clipper Nederland, the logo of mint master Maarten Brouwer and on the right the staff of
Hermes the mint mark of the Royal Dutch mint Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt in Utrecht. |
