2 Euro Commemorative coins Luxembourg 2016

50 years of Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge

The Obverse depicts the Grand-Duchess Charlotte bridge, which connects the centre of Luxembourg city with the Kirchberg district, where the institutions of the European Union are located. On the bridge design is the inscription 'Pont Grande-Duchesse Charlotte' with the year '1966' immediately below to the left. At the top, above the image, is the effigy of His Royal Highness the Grand-Duke Henri, with next to it on the left, the minting year; the minting year is between the mintmaster's mark at the top and the Utrech mintmark at the bottom. In the lower part of the coin is the horizontal inscription "LUXEMBOURG" (partially extended in the outer crown). On the outside part are placed 12 five-pointed stars, representing the European Union. The coin's Reverse is the new common side of Euro coins, with the face value "2" on the left and the European continent on the right, overlapped by the inscription "EURO". Six vertical lines with a star at each end are placed behind the Europe's image.
Edge: finely milled, with six "2" in incuse (repeated alternately from bottom to top and vice versa) and twelve five-pointed stars.
Diameter: 25,75 mm
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Weight: 8,5 g
Composition: bimetallic coin (outer part: copper-nickel, inner part: nickel-brass).