1991 AD., Netherlands, Beatrix, Medallic Coinage, Erasmus of Rotterdam commemorative, Utrecht mint, 10 Ecu, KM X 44.

Netherlands, Beatrix, Medallic Coinage, Ecu Series, Erasmus of Rotterdam commemorative, Utrecht mint, issuer: Mauquoy - Tramaux & Co. B.v.b.a., Grobbendonk, 1991 AD.,
10 Ecu (38 mm / 22,90 g), copper-nickel-zinc, coin alignment ↑↓ (180°), plain edge,
Obv.: .... ME / VELLE / CIVEM / ESSE / TOTIUS / MUNDI / NON / UNIUS / OPPIDI // Erasmus (in script) , (".... I want to be the citizen of the whole world, not of one town."), bust of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam at left (H. Holbein portrait), small incuse fish containing a W to r. below.
Rev.: DE NEDЄR - LANDEN / 10 / ECU / 19 - 91 , large "ECU", medieval sailing ship, 12 stars in ribbon border; just below sail, two privy marks flanking: bow (left) and winged caduceus (right).
KM X 44 .

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (October 28, 1466? – July 12, 1536), known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian.
Erasmus was a classical scholar who wrote in a pure Latin style. He was an early proponent of religious toleration, and enjoyed the sobriquet "Prince of the Humanists"; he has been called "the crowning glory of the Christian humanists." Using humanist techniques for working on texts, he prepared important new Latin and Greek editions of the New Testament. These raised questions that would be influential in the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation. He also wrote The Praise of Folly, Handbook of a Christian Knight, On Civility in Children, Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style, Julius Exclusus, and many other works.
Erasmus lived through the Reformation period, but while he was critical of the Church, he did not join the cause of the Reformers. In relation to clerical abuses in the Church, Erasmus remained committed to reforming the Church from within. He also held to Catholic doctrines such as that of free will, which some Reformers rejected in favor of the doctrine of predestination. His middle road approach disappointed and even angered scholars in both camps.
Erasmus died in Basel in 1536 and was buried in the formerly Catholic cathedral there, which had been converted to a Reformed church in 1529.