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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2087457, member: 39&quot;]That is one of the annual medals that the <a href="http://www.aleurnum.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.aleurnum.com/" rel="nofollow">Alliance Européenne Numismatique</a> (French-speaking Belgium) issues. Every year they honor somebody for his merits, and the name of that person is shown on each medal issued in that year. The Dutch-speaking society is the <a href="http://users.belgacom.net/egmp/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://users.belgacom.net/egmp/" rel="nofollow">Europees Genootschap voor Munt- en Penningkunde</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both websites also list those medals, some of which are joint issues and bilingual. Here is the list at the <a href="http://www.aleurnum.com/jetons/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.aleurnum.com/jetons/" rel="nofollow">French</a> site, and this is the <a href="http://www.egmpveiling.be/penning.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.egmpveiling.be/penning.htm" rel="nofollow">Dutch</a> list. The latter also describes the designs; usually they pick an older coin for one side. In the case of <a href="http://www.egmpveiling.be/egmp/pav1979.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.egmpveiling.be/egmp/pav1979.htm" rel="nofollow">your piece</a>, the &quot;model&quot; was a jeton by Jan Heymans, at that time the <i>schatbewaarder</i> (treasurer, I think) of Brussels ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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