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2 Francs - Charlotte Essai
| Issuer | Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1924 |
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| Diameter | 27 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central motif depicts a puddler (Feierstëppler) at work, an emblematic figure of the Luxembourgish steel industry, rendered in high relief within a circular field. Blast furnaces are visible in the background, evoking the industrial landscape of Luxembourg. The engraver's initials appear at approximately the 8 o'clock position in the field. The face value and date are inscribed at the bottom, with the surrounding legend completing the design along the periphery. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Additional information |
Essai pieces struck for Luxembourg in the early 1920s were produced in Paris as trial submissions during the process of selecting designs and compositions for Charlotte's new coinage following her accession in 1919. This aluminium essai was never adopted — Luxembourg's circulating 2-franc coinage went through multiple compositional proposals before the series was finalized, and aluminium was ultimately rejected in favor of other alloys for the issued types.
The Wictor reference places this firmly within the documented trial sequence, though surviving examples remain scarce outside specialist collections.