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1 Sobirana - Joan Martí i Alanis Episcopal Co-Prince, Latin
| Issuer | Andorra |
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| Year | 1978 |
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| Value | 1 Sobirana (150 ADD) |
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| Reverse description | The quartered shield of the Coat of Arms of Andorra occupies the central field, featuring the mitre and crozier of the Bishop of Urgell in the first quarter, the vertical bars of the Count of Foix in the second, the bars of Catalonia in the third, and the cow of Béarn in the fourth. A princely crown surmounts the shield. The circular Latin legend is divided by two small ornamental crosses, running along the upper and lower periphery, with the Roman numeral date MCMLXXVIII appearing in the lower exergual area. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Andorra's first domestically issued gold coinage didn't appear until 1978, centuries after the 1278 pareatge established the country's peculiar dual sovereignty — shared between the Bishop of Urgell and the French head of state. Joan Martí i Alanis, who served as Bishop of Urgell from 1971 to 2003, was one of the longest-tenured Episcopal Co-Princes in the modern era. This piece is the Latin-legend variant of the type, paired with a French-text issue struck the same year.
The .918 fineness follows traditional crown gold standards rather than the .900 metric norm common to most twentieth-century European issues.