Crowned Luxemburgish shield with a lion with a forked tail, rampant to the left on a field of ten pieces, surrounded by the legend between an inner circle and an external girdle and a star flanked by the engraver`s name and privy marks at the bottom
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
GRAND
DUCHÉ DE LUXEMBOURG (Translation: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg)
Reverse description
Crown of laurel branches and oak surrounding the face value and the mint year in three lines and the name of the engraver surmounted by the mintmark outside of the pearled circle at the bottom
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
10
CENTIMES
1865
A
BARTH
Edge
Plain
Mint
Royal Mint of Belgium, Brussels,Belgium (983-2017) A Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage
1854 - KM#23.1 - 500 000 1855 A - KM#23.2 - 1 200 000 1860 A - KM#23.2 - 900 000 1865 A - KM#23.2 - 1 000 000 1870 - KM#23.1 sword privy mark (Dot above `BARTH` on reverse) - 1 313 000 1870 - KM#23.1 sword privy mark (Without dot above `BARTH` on reverse) rare -