Description:
Obverse
Portrait of Vesalius facing right next to the image of a dissected body (after Johan Stefan van Kalkar). Text surrounding.
Reverse
Map of Europe formed out of the member states. Twelve 5-pointed stars (number of members) to the right. Horizontal and vertical designer lines crossing the map. Trilingual legend surrounding, value and year at centre, quality mark above. Mint, privy and designer marks below.
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