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  • 2 Euro 2020, KM# 167, Luxembourg, Henri, 200th Anniversary of Birth of Prince Henry of the Netherlands
  • 2 Euro 2020, KM# 167, Luxembourg, Henri, 200th Anniversary of Birth of Prince Henry of the Netherlands
Description

Prince William Frederick Henry of the Netherlands (Dutch: Willem Frederik Hendrik; 1820–1879) was the third son of King William II of the Netherlands and his wife, Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia.

Prince Henry became Governor of Luxembourg in 1850, in which capacity he served until his death in 1879. During his tenure, he worked with the government to launch the reactionary Coup of 1856, which consolidated power in the monarchy and the executive. However, most of the changes were reversed by the new constitution issued in 1868 after the 1867 Luxembourg Crisis, during which the crown tried to sell the grand duchy to France.

Obverse

Depicts on the right the effigy of Grand Duke Henri and on the left the effigy of Prince Henry of the Netherlands. At the top, in a semi-circle around the effigies is the name and title of Prince Henry of the Netherlands. At the bottom are the Prince's dates of the birth and death, name of the issuing country and underneath the year of issuance. The year surrounded by the mint and master marks. The twelve stars of the European Union surround the design on the outer ring of the coin.

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.

Mintmarks:
• Lion: Luxembourg's mark
• Caduceus or Mercury's wand: Royal Dutch Mint's logo
• Sint Servaas bridge: mint master Stephan Satijn of the Royal Dutch Mint

There are 3 types of this coin:
• UNC: Lion + Mercury’s wand marks
• BU: St Servaas bridge + Mercury’s wand marks
• Proof: Lion + St Servaas bridge marks

Prince Henri d‘Orange-Nassau
1820 1879
LUXEMBOURG
2020

Reverse

A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the right side of the coin. The inscription 2 EURO is superimposed over the map of Europe, with the numeral “2” located in an open field representing the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

12 stars are located on the right 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 “O” in “EURO.”

2 EURO
LL

Edge

The sequence "2 ★ ★" repeated six times alternately upright and inverted

2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★

2 Euro

200th Anniversary of Birth of Prince Henry of the Netherlands

KM# 167
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Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Bi-Metallic
Ring Cupronickel
Center Nickel Brass
Weight 8.5 g
Diameter 25.75 mm
Thickness 2.2 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Royal Dutch Mint (KNM)

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