2 Euro Commemorative coins Luxembourg 2017

50 years since the foundation of the current Luxembourg Army

The Obverse depicts, facing to the right, the effigy of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke Henri, on the right, while on the left is the inscription "50 Joer Fräiwëllegen-Arméi" set in three lines and engraved in characters of different sizes, as if to represent a logo. In the upper part of the coin is the minting year between the mintmaster's mark on the left and the Utrech mintmark on the right. In the lower part is the horizontal inscription "LËTZEBUERG", which partially extends into 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).

200 years since the birth of Grand Duke Guillaume III

On the Obverse, the coin is divided into two parts by two vertical lines: on the left-hand side, the effigy of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke Henri is depicted, with the minting year written vertically at the top (which partially extends into the outer crown together with one of the two lines), while at the bottom is the vertical inscription "HENRI" near the line with, next to it, the mintmark and the symbol of the director of the mint; on the right-hand side, the effigy of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke Guillaume III is depicted, surmounted by the arched inscription "GUILLAUME III * 1817". On the underside of both images is the circular inscription "GRANDS-DUCS DE LUXEMBOURG" (with the name of the Grand Duchy written in larger font). 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).