1870 Luxembourg Ten (10) Centimes Coin "Variety #1 Brussels Mint"

Description

Up for sale is my 1870 Luxembourg Ten (10) Centimes
Coin "Variety #1 Brussels Mint"
Will make an excellent addition to anyone's foreign coin collection.
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This coin was minted 152 years ago.
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10 Centimes - Willem III
Features
Country
Luxembourg
Duke
William III (
1849-1890
)
Type
Standard Circulation Coin
Years
1854-1870
Value
10 Centimes (0.10 LUF)
Currency
Franc (
1854-2001
)
Composition
Bronze
Weight
10 g
Diameter
31 mm
Thickness
1.5 mm
Shape
Round
Orientation
Coin Alignment ↑↓
Demonetized
Yes
References
L
# 264,
Weiller
# 254,
BV
# 266,
KM
# 23,
Schön
# 3
Obverse
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
Lettering:
GRAND DUCHÉ DE LUXEMBOURG
Translation:
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Engraver:
François Barth-Wahl
Reverse
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
Lettering:
10
CENTIMES
1865
A
BARTH
Engraver:
François Barth-Wahl
Edge
Plain
Comments
This was one of the first coins struck for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
The law of January 9, 1852, orders the manufacture of these coins and fixes its alloy at 95 hundredths of copper, 4 hundredths of tin and 1 hundredth of zinc. Coin quite common (except the year 1870 without a point), but it is difficult to find in a state higher than Very Fine.
Year
Mintage
G
VG
F
VF
XF
AU
UNC
Frequency
1854
500,000
15%
KM#23.1
1855 A
1,200,000
29%
KM#23.2
1860 A
900,000
31%
KM#23.2
1865 A
1,000,000
32%
KM#23.2
1870
1,313,000
41%
KM#23.1 sword privy mark (Dot above "BARTH" on reverse)
1870
5%
KM#23.1 sword privy mark (Without dot above "BARTH" on reverse) rare