Luxembourg 2 euro 2020 200 years Henry of Orange

Luxembourg. 2 euros. 2020 year. 200th anniversary of the birth of Henry of Orange-Nassau.

The first coin, 2 Euro 2020 of Luxembourg, will be dedicated to the “Bicentenary of the birth of Prince Henry”.

Heinrich of Orange-Nassau (born Willem Frederick Heinrich of Orange-Nassau) was born on 13 July 1820 at Sustdijk Palace, Barn, Netherlands. He became the third son and child in the family of the Crown Prince of the Netherlands and Luxembourg Willem and his wife Anna Pavlovna, daughter of the Russian Emperor Paul I. By that time, the family already had two sons: Willem (future king Willem III) and Prince Alexander. On his mother's side, Henry was the nephew of the Russian emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I, and also a cousin of Alexander II. At birth he received the name Willem Frederik Hendrik van Oranje-Nassau with the title “His Royal Highness the Prince of the Netherlands and Orange-Nassau”.

On June 10, 1834 he was awarded the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called.

Prince Heinrich served in the Netherlands Navy. In 1840, his father became king of the Netherlands and died in 1849. Henry's brother Willem III ascended the throne. After that, he appointed his brother governor of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, which he was until the end of his life. Heinrich's residence was Walferdeng Palace, where the prince died in 1879. The palace is now part of the University of Luxembourg.

Obverse: On the inner disc there are three-quarter portraits of Prince Henry of Orange-Nassau and Grand Duke Henri, under which are engraved the years of the prince's life "1820-1879". Below is the name of the issuing state "LUXEMBOURG". The third line is the year of issue of the coin "2020", located between the mints of the Mint and Luxembourg. They differ depending on the quality of the minting of the coin. The inscription to the left of the portraits is "Prince Henri d'Orange-Nassau". The name of the country "LUXEMBOURG" is engraved at the bottom of the coin. The 12 stars of the European Union are placed around the circle.

Reverse: Map of Europe is located on the right side. There are six vertical lines in the background of the map. There are 12 stars at the ends of these lines. To the left of the card there is a numeric denomination. The map itself has a horizontal inscription "EURO"

Release date: March 23, 2020.