Description
The coin depicts, to the left of its inner part, the effigy of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke Henri, with the effigy of Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke, superimposed on that of Countess Stéphanie to the right. The words “PRËNZENHOCHZAÏT” and “LËTZEBUERG” appear above the year “2012” at the bottom of the inner part of the coin, flanked by the mint mark and the mint master’s initials.
The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.
Obverse
Twelve stars surround Grand Duke Henri facing right on the left side, superimposed on Grand Duke William IV, facing right"GRANDS-DUCS DE LUXEMBOURG" above and "HENRI", "GUILLAUME IV † 1912" below.
Reverse
2 on the left-hand side, six straight lines run vertically between the lower and upper right-hand side of the face, 12 stars are superimposed on these lines, one just before the two ends of each line, superimposed on the mid - and upper section of these lines the European continent ( extended ) is represented on the right-hand side of the face the right-hand part of the representation is superimposed on the mid-section of the lines the word ‘EURO’ is superimposed horizontally across the middle of the right-hand side of the face. Under the ‘O’ of EURO, the initials ‘LL’ of the engraver appear near the right-hand edge of the coin.
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