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Interesting facts about Luxembourg and its money: • Grossherzogtum Luxembourg is the official name for Luxembourg in German.
•Luxembourg is surrounded by three countries participating in the euro: France, Belgium, and Germany.
This is what each of the Luxembourg euros has on the national side.• Luxembourg coins have three different portraits of His Royal Highness, the Grand Duke Henri, son and heir of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The Grand Duke Henri is on all the national sides of the euro coins from Luxembourg. See a photo of the Grand Duke and Duchess and learn about the royal family at this site: The Grand-Ducal Family of Luxembourg.
• On the less expensive coins you see a normal picture of Grand Duke Henri's face.
• The medium value coin has a line drawing of the Grand Duke's profile looking at him from the side.
• On the higher value coins there is a portrait of the Grand Duke in a modern, abstract style.
• All the coins have the word "Letzebuerg" along with the date of issue.
Outline Map of Luxembourg
The Grand Duke Henri is on the euro coin
from Luxembourg.
To see the national sides of all the coins from Luxembourg, click here.
To see a timeline of Luxembourg, click here.
