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| 2 Euro KM#NEW 8.5000 g., Bi-Metallic Nickel-Brass center in Copper-Nickel ring, 25.75 mm. Subject : The 50th anniversary of the bridge ‘Grand Duchess Charlotte’ Obv: The coin shows the bridge ‘Grand Duchess Charlotte’ which is the main route connecting the city centre of Luxembourg to the urban quarter of Kirchberg, the site of the city’s European Union institutions. The text ‘Pont Grande-Duchesse Charlotte’ (Bridge Grand Duchess Charlotte) and underneath the year ‘1966’ are inscribed on the image of the bridge. At the top of the design are depicted the effigy of the Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and at its left the year of issuance ‘2016’. At the bottom appears the name of the issuing country ‘LUXEMBOURG’. The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union. Rev: 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. Edge: Combination of the number 2 and ** repeated six times, fine milled. Obv. designer: BCL Rev. designer: Luc Luycx |
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