2 Euros - Henri I Accession

Features

Issuer	Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Grand duke	Henry (2000-2025)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	2015
Value	2 Euros 2 EUR = USD 2.32
Currency	Euro (2002-date)
Composition	Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel centre in copper-nickel ring
Weight	8.5 g
Diameter	25.75 mm
Thickness	2.2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 73857
References	KM# 136 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 127 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

15th Anniversary of the accession to the throne of H.R.H. the Grand Duke

Obverse

The coin depicts their Royal Highnesses Grand Duke Henri and the Grand Duchess. The year of accession ‘2000’, the issuing country ‘Luxembourg’ and the year mark ‘2015’ appear above them. Below them appears the inscription ‘15e anniversaire de l’accession au trône de S.A.R. le Grand-Duc’ (15th anniversary of the accession to the throne of H.R.H. the Grand Duke). The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2000
Luxembourg
2015
15ͤ anniversaire de l'accession au
trône de S.A.R. le Grand-Duc

Translation:
2000
Luxembourg
2015
15th anniversary of the accession to
the throne of H.R.H. the Grand Duke

Engraver: Alain Hoffmann

Reverse

A map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 2 EURO LL

Engraver: Luc Luycx

Edge

Finely reeded with edge lettering: six times the sequence "2 * *" or "* * 2" alternately upright and inverted

Lettering: 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 **

Mint

Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, Netherlands (1010-date)

Mark

Maarten Theodoor Brouwer, Mint Master, Royal Dutch Mint (2003-2015)

Comments

The EU has authorized Luxembourg to mint 1,400,000 examples of this coin (source: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?uri=OJ:JOC_2015_086_R_0003) but the BCL has only issued 500,000 (2 x 500,000 for each 2015 commemorative 2 euros = 1,000,000, source: http://www.bcl.lu/fr/Billets-et-pieces/produit_numismatique/catalogue_numismatique.pdf page 55).

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

L'EU a autorisé le Luxembourg à frapper 1 400 000 exemplaires de cette pièce (source : http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?uri=OJ:JOC_2015_086_R_0003) mais la BCL n'en a émis que 500 000 exemplaires (2 x 500 000 pour chaque 2 euros commémorative de 2015 = 1 000 000, source : http://www.bcl.lu/fr/Billets-et-pieces/produit_numismatique/catalogue_numismatique.pdf page 55)

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Date	Mintage	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
2015	500 000	$ 3.60	$ 3.60	$ 4.10	$ 4.10		98%
2015	7 500				$ 20	Coin card - Brilliant Uncirculated	3%
2015	1 500					Proof	1.0%

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Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 90 Lot 673	18 Jul 2023	Undetermined		USD 19.74 (EUR 17.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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