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  • 2 Euro 2022, KM# 183, Luxembourg, Henri, 10th Wedding Anniversary of Grand Duke Guillaume and Grand Duchess Stéphanie
  • 2 Euro 2022, KM# 183, Luxembourg, Henri, 10th Wedding Anniversary of Grand Duke Guillaume and Grand Duchess Stéphanie
Description

The wedding of Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy took place over a two-day period on October 19 and October 20, 2012. A civil ceremony was held on October 19 followed by a Roman Catholic wedding ceremony at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg City the next day. The 2012 wedding marked the largest event for the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg and the country in years. More than 120 international media organisations requested accreditation for the event, including TV channels and newspapers from China, Morocco, Russia and the US.

Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg was the last unmarried heir apparent of a monarchy in Europe prior to the wedding. Stéphanie and Guillaume have a son, Prince Charles, born on 10 May 2020.

Obverse

Depicts a conjoined portrait of Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and the Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie surrounded by their names above. The monogram of the Grand Duke Henri and two wedding rings below as well as the country name and the date of the wedding. The twelve stars of the European Union surround the design on the outer ring of the coin.

Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg (Guillaume Jean Joseph Marie; born 11 November 1981), is the heir apparent to the crown of Luxembourg since his father's accession in 2000.

Princess Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy on 18 February 1984), is the wife of Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume, heir apparent to the throne of Luxembourg.

Mint marks:
• UNC coins bear the Dutch mint marks (Raven + Mercury’s wand of the Royal Dutch Mint)
• BU and Proof coins bear the French mint marks (Cornucopia of the Paris Mint)

GUILLAUME STÉPHANIE
2022
H
LËTZEBUERG
20. OKTOBER
2012

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

10th Wedding Anniversary of Grand Duke Guillaume and Grand Duchess Stéphanie

KM# 183
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
Mints
Paris Mint (A)
Royal Dutch Mint (KNM)

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