Obverse: the obverse of the coin depicts Erasmus, which writes its famous book, and the image of the Queen Beatrice of the Netherlands on the left. These two images are marked vertically by "Beatrix Koningin der Nederlanden". In the center of the coin, the year of the "2011" coin minting year, and the signs of the mint. The circle of the coin features twelve stars of the European Union.
Reverse: Regular 2€ denomination number.
About the coin: The coin is dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the publication of the world-wide book Laus Stultitiae by a Dutch philosopher and humanist and theologian Desiderius Erasmus.
Weight: 8.50 g.
Thickness: 2.20 mm.
Country: Netherlands.