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1 Sobirana - Joan Martí i Alanis Episcopal Co-Prince, Catalan
| Issuer | Andorra |
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| Year | 1978 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | + JOAN · MARTÍ · D · M · BISBE · D`URGELL LT (Translation: Joan Martí D.M. Bishop of Urgell) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Andorra issued no domestic coinage of its own for most of the twentieth century — French francs and Spanish pesetas circulated freely and unofficially. The 1978 gold series, of which this piece is part, marked the first formal bullion coinage issued under the authority of the Co-Princes, a medieval feudal arrangement dating to the 1278 Paréage that divided sovereignty between the Bishop of Urgell and the French head of state. Joan Martí i Alanis held the episcopal co-princeship from 1971 to 2003.
KM#4 is among the earliest numismatic assertions of Andorran institutional identity, produced before the principality adopted the diner as an official currency in 1982.