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  • 2 Euro 2023, KM# 187, Luxembourg, Henri, 175th Anniversary of the Chamber of Deputies
  • 2 Euro 2023, KM# 187, Luxembourg, Henri, 175th Anniversary of the Chamber of Deputies
Description

The Constitution of Luxembourg is the supreme law of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The modern constitution was adopted on 17 October 1868. Whilst the constitution of 1868 marked a radical change in Luxembourg's constitutional settlement, it was technically an amendment of the original constitution. That original constitution was promulgated on 12 October 1841, came into effect on 1 January 1842, and was acutely amended on 20 March 1848.

A new constitution, drafted in 1848, introduced a constitutional monarchy: the King-Grand Duke only retained those powers specifically enumerated in the Constitution. The parliament, now called the Chambre des Députés, had legislative power: it had the right to propose and amend laws. It would decide the budget, and receive the power to investigate. The government became accountable to the Chamber. In addition, its sessions were now public.

Now the Chamber of Deputies (Parliament), abbreviated to the Chamber, is the unicameral national legislature of Luxembourg. The Chamber is made up of 60 seats. Deputies are elected to serve five-year terms by proportional representation in four multi-seat constituencies. Voters may vote for as many candidates as the constituency elects deputies.

Obverse

Depicts the portrait of Grand Duke Henri in full profile on the left and the historic building of the Chamber of Deputies in Luxembourg City on the right. The issuing country name and the year of the issue below. The inscription "1848 Chamber of Deputies" above. The mint and privy marks below the inscription. The twelve stars of the European Union surround the design on the outer ring.

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.

Mint marks:
• UNC coins bear the French mint marks (two nested squares superimposed on a rhinoceros head of Joaquin Jimenez and Cornucopia of the Paris Mint)
• BU coins bear the Dutch mint marks (Raven of Bert van Ravenswaaij and Mercury’s wand of the Royal Dutch Mint)
• Proof coins bear the Slovakian mint marks ("MK" of the Kremnica Mint)

1848 Chambre
des Députés
LËTZEBUERG
2023

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

175th Anniversary of the Chamber of Deputies

KM# 187
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
Kremnica Mint (MK)
Paris Mint (A)
Royal Dutch Mint (KNM)

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