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1 Euro Pattern
| Issuer | Andorra |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Composition | Bimetallic: copper-nickel centre in brass ring |
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| Reverse description | Within the copper-nickel centre, a large three-masted sailing galleon under full sail is depicted navigating stylised waves, occupying the right portion of the field. The numeral '1' in a bold serif typeface dominates the left side of the centre, overlapping with the ship's image. The brass outer ring features twelve five-pointed stars around its circumference, and the quadrilingual legend 'TRIAL · PROBE · ESSAI · PRUEBA ·' — denoting the trial or essay nature of the piece in English, German, French, and Spanish respectively — runs along the upper arc of the ring. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Andorra did not begin issuing its own euro coinage for general circulation until 2014, following the monetary agreement with the EU signed in June 2011. The 2003 piece is a pattern struck well before that framework existed, produced during a period when Andorra used French francs and Spanish pesetas — and then eurozone coins by default — without any formal issuing authority of its own. Patterns from this liminal decade circulated only among collectors and officials negotiating the terms of eventual monetary inclusion.