Monday, November 11, 2024

Belgium 2020 : Jan van Eyck

Issuing country: Belgium

Subject of commemoration: Jan van Eyck

Description of the design: The inner part of the piece depicts the portrait of the famous Flemish artist Jan van Eyck, together with his signature and a painter’s palette that also contains the initials LL, referring to the designer of the coin, Mr Luc Luycx and two paintbrushes. Above this, you can find the name J. van Eyck.

As the Royal Dutch Mint will strike the coins, the mintmark of Utrecht, a mercury staff is located on the bottom together with the Belgian mint director mintmark, the coat of arms of the municipality Herzele. The country code BE and the year mark 2020 is located on the right.

The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

Number of coins to be issued: 155 000 coins

Date of issue: second half of 2020


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