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2,50 Euros University of Luxembourg
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#160 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a detailed and finely rendered view of the former Belval industrial site, now home to the University of Luxembourg campus, executed in a combination of silver-toned relief elements set against a polished dark field. The industrial structures, including blast furnaces, gantries, and associated steelworks architecture, are portrayed with meticulous precision. The legend UNIVERSITÉ DU LUXEMBOURG arcs across the upper portion of the field, while the denomination 2,50 EURO appears in raised lettering along the lower margin. The bimetallic nature of the flan is clearly expressed through the contrasting gold-toned outer ring and silver-toned central elements. |
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| Mint | Monnaie de Paris |
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Luxembourg established its university remarkably late for a European nation of its size — the University of Luxembourg was founded only in 2003, making it one of the youngest national universities on the continent. The institution was built partly to stem the long-standing brain drain of Luxembourgish students leaving for Liège, Trier, and Brussels, a pattern that had persisted for generations due to the absence of any domestic higher education infrastructure.
The bimetallic format here is specific to the French mintage program for smaller eurozone members who contract coin production to Monnaie de Paris.