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25 Centimes - Charlotte Bronze Essai
| Issuer | Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Currency | Franc (1854-2001) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The 1946 Luxembourg coinage program marked the country's monetary reconstruction following German occupation, during which all pre-war coinage had been systematically withdrawn. These essais were struck at the Brussels mint as trial pieces to evaluate proposed designs before authorizing production runs — standard Belgian practice for client states at the time. Charlotte's government ultimately approved a different composition for circulation, leaving the bronze trials as purely experimental artifacts that never advanced beyond the pattern stage.