| Description : The coin, based on a design concept by the Banque
Centrale du Luxembourg - BCL (Luxembourg Central Bank), commemorates the 90th anniversary of Grand Duchess
Charlotte's accession to the throne on the 14th of January 1919. She took
over the throne from her sister Marie‐Adélaide, who abdicated due to political pressure for her role during the
German occupation in the First World War, and held the Luxembourg office until the 12th of November 1964. The coin
shows in half‐profile the portraits of Grand Duke Henri and his grandmother, Grand Duchess Charlotte (1896‐1985),
looking to the left. On the left, the name of the country "LËTZEBUERG" (Luxembourg) and the year of issue "2009" are
written in two vertical lines, the latter flanked at the top by a staff of Hermes the mint mark of the Dutch mint Koninklijke
Nederlandse Munt in Utrecht and at the bottom by the sails of the three‐masted clipper Nederland the logo of
mint master Maarten Brouwer. |
