2 Euro Commemorative coins Luxembourg 2018

150 years since the Constitution of Luxembourg

On the Obverse, to the upper left, is the effigy of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke Henri, facing to the right; also to the right are the years "1868" and "2018" written on two lines, with the inscription "150 ANS" below. Positioned at the height of the minting year are the mark of the Luxembourg mint on the left and that of the Dutch mint on the right, in the outer crown (there are two variants with regard to the mint symbols: on the BU coincard and BU sets there is the mark of the Dutch mint and the symbol of the Dutch mint director, while on the mint sets Proof there is the mark of the Luxembourg mint and the symbol of the Dutch mint director). In the lower part is the three-line inscription "CONSTITUTION DU GRAND-DUCHÉ DE LUXEMBOURG", with the word "LUXEMBOURG" extending partially into the outer crown and appearing to hold an open book, the side section of which can be seen. On the outside part are placed 12 five-pointed stars, representing the European Union and the mark of the Utrecht mint, placed between two stars on the right. 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).

175 years since the death of Grand Duke Guillaume I

The Obverse depicts, on the right, the effigy of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke Henri and, on the left, the effigy of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke Guillaume I. The two portraits are divided by the vertical inscription "GUILLAUME Ier" and the years "1772-1843", which are also written vertically and partially extend into the outer crown together with the upper parts of the two images. In the lower part, above the design, is the minting year, enclosed to the left by the Luxembourg mintmark and to the right by the Dutch mintmark (there are two variants with regard to the mint symbols: on the BU coincards there is the Dutch mintmark and the symbol of the Dutch mint director, while on the mint sets Proof there is the Luxembourg mintmark and the symbol of the Dutch mint director). Further down, and partially engraved in the outer crown, is the inscription "LUXEMBOURG". 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).