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1 Sobirana - Joan Martí i Alanis Episcopal Co-Prince
| Issuer | Principality of Andorra |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | · ET · PRINCEPS · VALLIVM · ANDORRAE · 1. S. 1983 (Translation: And Prince of the Andorra Valleys) |
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Joan Martí i Alanis served as the Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra from 1971 to 2003, one of the longest tenures in the role's modern history. Andorra's unique dual-sovereignty arrangement — shared between the Bishop of Urgell and the French head of state — means its coinage has always carried an unusual ecclesiastical dimension absent from virtually every other European issue. The 1983 gold Sobirana series was among the first modern bullion-oriented issues Andorra produced, arriving before the country had even established a formal currency of its own; the peseta and franc both circulated concurrently at the time.