Coin
2,50 Euros Esch-sur-Sûre Dam (2024) — Luxembourg
Luxembourg • 2024
Overview
This is a 2.5 Euro coin from Luxembourg from 2024, a commemorative issue of the Esch-sur-Sûre Dam from the 'Ouvrages remarquables au Luxembourg' series.
Specifications
- Country
- Luxembourg
- Year
- 2024
- Composition
- Bimetallic: silver (.925) centre in nordic gold ring
- Weight
- 21.81 g
- Thickness
- 3.1 mm
- Mint
- Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, Netherlands (1010-date)
- Shape
- Square (irregular)
- Technique
- Milled
- Issuer
- Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Design details
Obverse
On the right half, a geometrically drawn portrait of His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri is accompanied, on the left half, by the inscription "LËTZEBUERG" and the year. Lettering: 2023 LËTZEBUERG GC.
Reverse
An image of the Esch-sur-Sûre dam. Lettering: BARRAGE D'ESCH-SUR-SORE 2,50 EURO cp.
Collector insights
- Design heritage: Yvette Gastauer-Claire is credited as the designer for the Non-circulating coins series. Designer attribution helps distinguish this issue from later restrikes or unofficial copies that reuse only the motif.
- Struck at: Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, Netherlands (1010-date). Confirm the mintmark on your example before comparing prices — same-year issues from different mints often trade at very different levels.
- Low mintage: Only 2,000 pieces reported. This puts the issue into key-date territory for its series; expect steep grade-based price scaling and a higher counterfeit risk — provenance and third-party grading matter.
- Precious metal content: Bimetallic: silver (.925) centre in nordic gold ring — bullion value provides a price floor, and many circulated examples were melted during the 1979–1980 and post-2010 silver spikes, reducing the surviving population.
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