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  • 10 Euro Cent 2007-2023, KM# 89, Luxembourg, Henri
  • 10 Euro Cent 2007-2023, KM# 89, Luxembourg, Henri
Description

On 7 June 2005, the European Council decided that the common side of the €0.10 to €2 coins should be brought up to date to reflect the enlargement of the EU in 2004. The €0.01, €0.02 and €0.05 coins show Europe in relation to the rest of the world, therefore they remained unchanged. In 2007, the new design was introduced. The design still retains all elements of the original designs but the map of the fifteen states is replaced by one showing the whole of Europe as a continent, without borders, to stress unity.

Henri (born 16 April 1955) is the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, reigning since 7 October 2000. He is the eldest son of Grand Duke Jean and Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, and a first cousin of the current King of the Belgians, Philippe.

Obverse

In the traditional linear style and signed with the engraver's initials 'GC', the effigy of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke Henri, in profile facing to the right, is surrounded to the left by the word Luxembourg and to the right by the 12 stars. The date, between the two mint marks, is on the left.

Mint marks:
• Royal Dutch Mint: Mercury's wand
• Mint of Finland: S letter
• Paris Mint: F letter (2007–2008), Cornucopia
• Luxembourg: Lion

Mint master marks (the star indicates that the piece was struck at the beginning of the term of office of a successor):

Royal Dutch Mint:
2002: Bow and arrow+star (E. J. van Schauwenburg)
2003–2004: Sailboat (Maarten Brouwer)
2009–2015: Sailboat (Maarten Brouwer)
2016: Sailboat+star (Kees Bruinsma)
2017: Sailboat+star (Ted Peters)
2018–2021: Sint Servaas bridge (Stephan Satijn)
2022–present: Raven (Bert van Ravenswaaij)

Paris Mint
2007–2008: Hunting horn, a wave and a fish (Hubert Larivière)
2022–present: Two nested squares superimposed on a rhinoceros head (Joaquin Jimenez)

Engraver: Yvette Gastauer-Claire

LËTZEBUERG
2009
GC

Reverse

A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the left side of the coin.

12 stars are located on the left side of the outer ring, with six stars atop the map of Europe and six stars below it; six vertical stripes cut across the inner core of the coin, visually connecting the upper and lower star segments.

Luc Luycx, a designer at the Royal Belgian Mint, designed the Euro’s common reverse; his initials, LL, are seen on the right side of the design, just under the “0” in “10.”

10
LL
EURO
CENT

Edge

10 Euro Cent

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KM# 89 Schön# 86
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Characteristics
Material Nordic Gold
Weight 4.1 g
Diameter 19.75 mm
Thickness 1.93 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mints
Kremnica Mint (MK)
Paris Mint (A)
Paris Mint (F)
Royal Dutch Mint (KNM)

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