Token - Jan Ruusbroeck

Token - Jan Ruusbroeck - obverseToken - Jan Ruusbroeck - reverse

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Features

Location Belgium
Issuing entity Hemelrijk Castle
King Baudouin I (1951-1993)
Type Commemorative medals › Religious medal
Year 1981
Composition Bronze (Patinated)
Weight 10.78 g
Diameter 30.05 mm
Thickness 2.04 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
230355
References GMJ# 1981/B.4a
Marc Willemans; 2019. Gemeentepenningen, Medailles, Jetons en Fantasie-Biljetten van Belgie (1979-2019) = Municipal Tokens, Medals, Tokens and Fantasy Banknotes of Belgium (1979-2019). Self-published, Lokeren.

Commemorative issue

In Memoriam - 600 Year

Obverse

Portrait of Blessed Ruusbroeck the Admirable, shield to his left, text all around.Automatically translated

Lettering:
* DE GELUKZALIGE * JAN RUUSBROEC * DE WONDERBARE *
† 1381-1981

Reverse

Castle in the center, not surrounding towns in the lower 3/4 of the medal.Automatically translated

Lettering: RUISBROEK * HEMELRIJK * ST.-P.-LEEUW

Engraver: Paul Huybrechts

Edge

Smooth

Comments

John van Ruysbroeck, original Flemish name Jan van Ruusbroec (pronounced [ˈjɑn vɑn ˈryzbruk]) (1293 or 1294 – 2 December 1381) was an Augustinian canon and one of the most important of the Flemish mystics. Some of his main literary works include The Kingdom of the Divine Lovers, The Twelve Beguines, The Spiritual Espousals, A Mirror of Eternal Blessedness, The Little Book of Enlightenment, and The Sparkling Stone. Some of his letters also survive, as well as several short sayings (recorded by some of his disciples, such as Jan van Leeuwen). He wrote in the Dutch vernacular, the language of the common people of the Low Countries, rather than in Latin, the language of the Catholic Church liturgy and official texts, in order to reach a wider audience.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1981  7 500

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