Luxembourg.

I like a coins of the small countries, such as the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
It is a rather interesting coins, I think. I want to share my coins with you, my friends and I hope that you"ll share your coins too:hug:

 

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10 centimes 1870, bronze, mintage - 1313000. William the Third.

 

10 centimes 1901, copper-nickel, mintage - 4000000. Adolphe.

 

10 centimes 1924, copper-nickel, mintage - 3500000. Charlotte.

 

25 centimes 1916, zinc, mintage - 800000. Marie Adelaide.

 

25 centimes 1920, iron, mintage - 800000. Charlotte.

 

25 centimes 1970, aluminium, mintage - 4000000. Jean.

 

I"ll continue tomorrow.

 

I have a few coins from Luxembourg:


Luxembourg 10 Centimes 1930
Grand Duchess Charlotte


Luxembourg 1 Franc 1939


Luxembourg 20 Francs 1946


Luxembourg 50 Francs 1946


Luxembourg 100 Francs 1946 - Knight on horseback


Luxembourg 100 Francs 1963


Luxembourg 250 Francs 1963


Luxembourg 100 Francs 1964
Grand Duke Jean

 

Excellent coins!

 

Note how the country name varies in terms of language and spelling. The French version used on most early pieces is "Luxembourg"; in Luxembourgish it was "Letzeburg" first, and today it is "Lëtzebuerg".

By the way, "Jang de Blannen" means "John the Blind" - and that would be him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Bohemia So that coin was issued to commemorate the 600th anniversary of his death.

Christian

 

5 francs 1929, silver .625, 8 g., mintage - 2000000. Charlotte.

 

5 francs 1962, copper-nickel, mintage - 2000000. Charlotte.

 

1 franc 1962, copper-nickel, mintage - 2000000.

 

Jean the Grand Duc.
1 franc 1965, copper-nickel, mintage - 3000000.
1 franc 1990,nickel-steel, mintage - 25010000.

 

These are all I have from Luxembourg. They are left over from my travels before the Euro.

I really like the horse & rider reverse on those coins dated 1946 from Willieboyd2.

 

Those "IML" initials, by the way, refer to the Institut Monétaire Luxembourgeois. Due to the monetary union with Belgium in the pre-euro years, they did not really need a fully fledged central bank. In 1998 however that IML turned into the "Banque centrale du Luxembourg" (BCL).

Christian

 

Monaco issued a very similar set of horse and rider coins in the 1950's.



Monaco 50 Francs 1950

 

And not only back then. Monaco also used that horse/rider (the 13/14c seal of Admiral Grimaldi) on the 10, 20 and 50 cent coins until 2004: http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/image8549.gif

A similar depiction (the "Vytis") can be found on most current Lithuanian coins: http://www.lb.lt/lt/banknotai/monetos/5lt_av_2.jpg

Here is another piece from Luxembourg with an interesting design (Image: BCL). It shows an ancient Roman helmet mask which was found in Hellange, LU in front of a map of the country:



Attached is an image of the helmet mask; more info is here:
http://www.bcl.lu/en/currency/numismatic/piece_Hellange/index.html

Christian

 

I got this coin a several days ago.
5 centimes 1854, bronze, mintage - 680000. William III.