The Dutch commemorative €2 coin from 2011 commemorates the 500th anniversary of the publication of the famous work In Praise of Folly by the humanist Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam. This important early-16th-century work sharply and satirically commented on the social conditions of its time and became one of the key texts of European humanism. The coin was issued in proof quality and is housed in an original wooden case together with a certificate of authenticity, with a mintage of only 2,000 pieces!
