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5 ECU 40 years European Parliament / Charles IV
| Issuer | Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | View of the Adolphe Bridge spanning the Pétrusse valley in Luxembourg City, with the European Parliament building and surrounding landscape visible in the background. The commemorative inscription noting the 40th anniversary of the European Parliament appears in the upper field, with the issuer name LUXEMBOURG below. The denomination of 5 ECU and the date 1992 are prominently displayed in the lower portion of the field, alongside the designation MEDAILLE DE. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The 1992 ECU issues from Luxembourg belong to a wave of commemorative pieces produced across member states ahead of the Maastricht Treaty's ratification, which formally established the European Union and set the monetary union framework in motion. Luxembourg was among the treaty's most enthusiastic signatories — hardly surprising given that the Grand Duchy had shared a monetary union with Belgium since 1921.
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Count of Luxembourg, convened the Golden Bull of 1356 in part to codify electoral procedure for the Empire — an early, if imperfect, attempt at pan-European institutional governance that lends the pairing on this coin a certain historical coherence.