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Two royal highnesses on one coin (Photo: European Commission)

Belgium and Luxembourg to introduce common euro coins

The heads of both the Belgian King Albert and the Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg will figure on what will become Europe's first bi-national euro coin.

The governments of Belgium and Luxembourg have decided to release common 1-euro coins from 1 January 2005, celebrating the start of the Luxembourg EU presidency.

A spokesman of the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the EUobserver that the two countries also want to symbolically confirm their close political relationship....

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Two royal highnesses on one coin (Photo: European Commission)

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