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1 Sobirana - Joan Martí i Alanis Episcopal Co-Prince, Latin
| Issuer | Principality of Andorra (Episcopal Co-Prince Joan Martí i Alanis) |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Value | 1 Sobirana (150 ADD) |
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| Reverse description | Central quartered shield displaying the arms of Andorra: the upper-left quarter bears a mitre and crozier, the upper-right shows vertical stripes, the lower-left features horizontal stripes, and the lower-right depicts two cattle passant, all rendered in crisp relief. A crown surmounts the escutcheon. The circular Latin legend ET PRINCEPS VALLIVM ANDORRAE surrounds the shield, with decorative floral stops. The date MCMLXXXI (1981) appears in Roman numerals in the lower field, flanked by ornamental stops, with the engraver's initials LT visible at lower right. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Joan Martí i Alanis served as Bishop of Urgell — and thus Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra — from 1971 until his death in 2009, making him one of the longest-serving holders of that feudal office. The Sobirana series issued under his name in 1981 belongs to a deliberate push by Andorra to establish a coinage identity ahead of modernizing its constitutional arrangements, which would culminate in the 1993 written constitution that formalized the co-princeship in law for the first time.
The .918 fineness follows the historic crown gold standard rather than the more common modern .900 or .999, a choice that quietly anchored the issue to older European monetary tradition.